Up Hill Both Ways

I was running up hill the other day and thought, "Oh good! This will be downhill on the way back." Coming back, at the same location, I thought; "Why does it feel like I am running up hill...this was suppose to be downhill!" And then I understood how it can feel like you are going up hill both ways.

The more that I ponder that statement the more it applies. As a mom I am always going up hill both ways. With laundry, cooking, cleaning, errands, it never really feels like I can coast down hill. There will always be something. It gets a little bit easier if you give your self the right tools and training...and then sometimes you will go downhill for a while. This week I wrote out a detailed schedule of things that I should accomplish. And things got done...this morning I thought that I could coast downhill for a bit. And it took a whole 5 minutes for someone to ask for underwear. The one thing that didnt get washed was my whites...and then I started climbing again.

So the next time someone, more experienced than myself, tells me that they walked up hill both ways...I will believe them. Because life is a up hill climb and if you are able to coast it wont be for long. Good luck everyone with the climb!