We may think it’s strange how Life takes us unwittingly down endless diversions. Just when we think we’re all set, on the path, ok where we are, headed in the right direction etc; or the opposite, forever pushing to get ourselves better placed, for material security, to find the love of our life and so forth, we find ourselves thwarted in our goals time and again. But either way, there’s a constant – albeit covert – striving to get Life to align with what we think we want. Life, in the meantime, is sublimely unaware of this. It is just doing its flowing thing. It is we who do the diverting.
When we start to look at what is, rather than simply living reactively, we begin to see that Life is like a great river simply flowing on towards its final destination. We may discover that we’ve been clinging to the bank or trying to swim upstream. Neither of these positions lead anywhere. 
Flowing means being flexible as the current dictates – hence the popular saying, “going with the flow”. If the flow leads you to an obstacle, a seeming interruption in the flow – a dragon to slay, or a monster to wrestle with – then you deal with it. Dramatic analogies? Not really. I find the “creatures” that loom up in my life always provide challenges of a positive kind. To stick with the river analogy, no amount of treading water helps. Deal with it; face it out; do what you have to do with eyes fully open. Avoidance is the way to mediocrity, foiled expectations and disappointment at death. Be like an action hero in your own personal story. Learning to go with what is brings its own particular rewards. A master of Martial Arts goes with the natural flow and overcomes all obstacles. We can be secret masters of our own lives – never arriving, always in the process: arriving in one moment, to flow with the next.