Yesterday my friend and I went on a hike to the highest peak in Southern California, Mount Gorgonio, in preparation for our upcoming hike to Mount Everest Base Camp. As sometimes happens, the unexpected happens. We could not find the trail. We have had torrential rains lately, so maybe the trail or sign for the trail was moved, or maybe we just did not see it. Nevertheless, we decided to hike along the creek. We made sure to always have the sound or sight of the creek alongside us. We knew this would bring us back to safety.

As I watched the water pour down the rocks, flow between crevices and finally, settle down in a calm pool at the bottom of the mountain, I realized a new lesson. Water always seeks the path of least resistance. It never struggled to pour down the rocks, it just found the easiest way and dropped down. As we should in life. It takes too much energy to resist the inevitable, in our case, we had to get back down to our car or risk danger. So we flowed with our friend, the water in the creek, to show us how to do that with the least amount of energy.