How do you step from the top of a 100-foot pole?

A famous story from a koan in Zen literature presents the provocative question, “How do you step from the top of a 100 foot pole?

Our lives can become a journey of ups and downs and we can often find ourselves on the top of a 100 foot pole. At some moment in our lives we can feel that we have reached the top of a job position or learned all we can from an experience to move on to the next challenge or experience.

It can be either in relationships, in our work and in our lives where we have to take the risk and make the effort to move on.

It takes courage as reaching the top and starting all over again is a risk that one must be willing to take. So take the step with courage, strength and eagerness to experience a new life path. This is how one develops and grows.