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UPS AND DOWNS

Why is life full of ups and downs? The answer has to be, that you can’t actually have one without the other. This Oracle answer is about constant change and uncertainty. Yet strangely, it’s also part of a larger cosmic order. A big system. Run by the Universe itself. If you want predictability though, look elsewhere.

Ups and Downs describes a situation where you have no control over what is happening. All you can do is trust that nothing is ever permanently bad, just as nothing is every permanently good. The point is how you respond to it at the time. Fortunately, there is plenty of advice and knowledge on hand.

You can turn to books, for example – or the kind of wisdom that you can only gain by talking to people who’ve seen it all before. But it’s a good idea to educate yourself now. When life is so topsy-turvy, making you feel blessed and protected one minute, then let down the next, it helps to learn from others’ experience.

If you have been asking about a particular course of action this time, and found this Oracle answer, then you cannot expect much in the way of stability if you go ahead. You will be walking into a situation which has instability built into it! Some people can live happily with this, of course. But there are negatives.

The negatives are no worse than the positives, of course. The positives are people and situations which seem to lift you up, take you higher, get you out of any problems. But you need to be realistic about the negatives here too. People and situations which are threatening, and possibly even dangerous.

If you are in a position to detach yourself and observe the entire picture from a distance, you will see the interplay of these positives and negatives. They are all part of one organic whole. One minute you’re on your way up – or on top. The next, you’re on your way down – or bottoming out. Being philosophical helps.