Epiphany:

Rather than complaining and bemoaning the facts of life, best to work with nature and physics in our favor.

For example, I’m currently living in this massive 4-story home and most of the home is cold … besides the top top floor (heat rises). Also, the top floor has the most natural light. The bottom “lobby” floor is insanely dark (no natural light) and even installing 5-6 lights, it is still dark and depressing. So my realization:

Why was I wasting time downstairs, trying to warm up the space when I could have just stayed upstairs the whole time and striving to enhance the upstairs?

So taking all my lights and nice furniture and bringing it upstairs instead!

So I suppose from a general and metaphorical sense, it means flowing *with* the river (in your benefit) than against it!