There is an old phrase that many of us use when we have been struggling with something. It goes like this: “Two steps forward and one step back.” That phrase represents the difficulties we sometimes encounter in life. Maybe it is learning a new job. Maybe it is finally accomplishing a goal like the purchase of a new car or your first house that has many hurdles to jump along the way. Most often, the statement is a symbolic statement - you haven’t literally been taking footsteps. But I literally experienced that phenomenon once.