Let go and flow

There was a wonderful theme in the yoga class I went to today that also served as a great reminder.

The theme was to let go and go with the flow. The image of this was beautiful. 

Imagine you are in a boat in a river. You have this great goal for yourself and it is upstream. So you row and you row... your arms get tired, your back gets sore, your shoulders hunch and you begin to close in on yourself but you still feel determined. You muster up your energy and row. If you were on the shore looking at this scene you would see that you are stuck, that all this energy to row is just holding you in place, you are no closer to your goal and you are exhausted. Pick up your oars. Place them inside the boat with you. Let the current take you. The universe was telling you that now is not the time for that goal. Let go so you can live in the moment, open up to possibility and flow with the current instead of struggling against it. Really see what is around you instead of putting your head down and pushing against this unknown. Why make so much work for yourself and so much pain for yourself? You're missing the beauty and you're missing the light.