Climb Every Mountain

It’s time to let down everything you’ve taken up, and sit down for a while. Let the ink flow out to the paper. Let the frustration, anger and bottled-up madness spiral down and fall on the canvas. Sometimes, it’s important to listen to the voice of your heart. Not sometimes, all the time – you’d argue. Well, ask yourself: Do you? Do you listen to the voice of your heart always?

Do you chase every dream you’ve dreamt? Do you run the wild goose chase each time something catches your fancy? Do you fly over the sky like a kite unleashed? Truth is, you rarely ever do.

You take the easy way out. You fall prey to routines. As you grow older, you learn to hear yet not listen. You learn to read without actually reading. You victimize yourself when you think you’re getting carried away. Too much happiness can be bad for you, that’s what we’ve been taught. You run away when you encounter true love. You make yourself busy when you catch your mind chasing a ‘never-to-be-accomplished’ dream. You hate yourself for making castles in the air. Well, so do I.

I had been taught that no mountain is too high to climb, and no sea too deep to be crossed. But it seems life has taught me, that climbing mountains and crossing seas are jobs for the outcasts. Successful people should aim at building tall buildings with secure foundations. Faster the better. And successful people should let everyone know they are successful. Not in an obvious way, ofcourse. But in a somewhat more subtle way.

Finding happiness deep inside you and letting it be, is a pursuit for the lazy ones.

Living a life of slavery and succumbing to worldliness, is a task saved for the sensible ones.

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