Falling UP or Falling DOWN

So many times I think I am progressing just to find that it is not so. I have viewed progress as an upward path; that relevance is upward. Man am I wrong! I got blasted by my wife when she said that for the first 10 years things were great, then the last 7 have been down hill. What happened? I thought that I was progressing to a higher plane, that I have advanced in knowledge, technology, job status, Christian growth, husbandry, etc…

1 Peter 3:7:
7Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
Now this is strong stuff.

Revelation 2
1Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
2I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
3And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
4Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
5Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
The progress that I thought I made upward was really downward. You do not Fall up!
Do we not realize that relevance is not upward, that we should do those things we did before that were on the higher plane. We have fallen from higher to lower even in our quest for Vision and progress.
We should use the KISS method. Keep It Simple Stupid.