View From The Top

Good things don’t come to those who wait.  Good things come to those who fight like crazy, work their butt off, and never ever give up.

Climbing a mountain is a struggle.  The air gets thinner the higher you go, your breathing gets heavier, and your legs ache more with every step.  Sweat pours from your body regardless of how cold the temperature is.

It is painstakingly hard.

But getting to the to.  It’s truly breath-taking.  To be above the clouds, above the tree line, to see what few others have seen, and to experience that rush of completion is quite something.

Nothing comes close to it.

When we are climbing we don’t think it will be worth it. We remember people telling us about the grandeur of the mountain, but they didn’t tell us about the pain and the aches, and the exploding lungs.

But why didn’t they?  Because what they came away with wasn’t the pain, but the remembrance of the view.

Keep that in mind when you are climbing.  No amount of reasoning in your mind can make the pain you feel any better. But if you focus on what you are going to end up seeing and focus on the thrill of completing your task, that thought, and that hope will keep you going.  It will keep your body pushing forward.

Don’t ever give up.