How to Climb Mountains
Choose the mountain you want to climb. Don't be influenced by what other people say : ' that one's prettier' or ' that one's look easier'. You are going to put a lot of energy and enthusiasm into achieving your objective, and you are the only person responsible for your choice, so be quite sure about what you are doing.
Find out how to reach the mountain. Often you can seethe mountain in the distance - beautiful, interesting, full of challenges. However, when you try to reach it, what happens? It's surrounded by roads; forests lie between you and your objective; and what seems clear on the map is far more complicated in reality. So you must try all the paths and tracks until, one day, you find yourself before the peak you intend to climb.
Learn from someone who has been there before. However unique you may think you are, there is always someone who has had the same dream before, and who will have the left signs behind that will make the climb less arduous: the best place to attach the rope, trodden paths, branches broken off to make it easier to pass. It is your climb and it is your responsibility too, but never forget that other people's experiences are always helpful.
Dangers, seen from close to are controllable. When you start to climb the mountain of your dreams, pay attention to what is around you. There are, of course, precipices. There are almost imperceptible cracks. There are stone polished so smooth by rain and wind that they have become as slippery as ice. But if you know where you are putting your foot, you will see any traps and be able to avoid them.
The landscape changes so make the most of it. You must, naturally keep in mind your objective - reaching the top. However, as you climb, the view changes, and there is nothing wrong with stopping now and then to enjoy the vista. With each metre you climb, you can see a little further, so take time to discover things you have never noticed before.
Respect your body. You will only manage to climb a mountain if you give your body the care it deserves. You have all the time that life gives you, so do not demand too much from your body. If you walk too quickly, you will grow tired and give up halfway. If you walk too slowly, night might fall and you will get lost. Enjoy the landscape, drink the cool spring water, and eat the fruit that Nature so generously offers you, but keep walking.
Respect your soul. Don't keep repeating, 'I'm going to do it.' Your soul knows this already. When it needs to do us to use this long walk in order to grow, to reach out as far as the horizon, to touch the sky. Obsession will not help you in the search for your goal, and will end up spoiling the pleasure of the climb. On the other hand, don't keep repeating ' It's harder than I thought', that will sap your inner strength.
Be prepared to go extra mile. The distance to the top of the mountain is always greater than you think. There is bound to come a moment when what seemed close is still very far away.But since you are prepared to go still further, this should not be a problem.
Be joyful when you reach the top. Cry, clap your hands, shout out loud that you made it; let the wind (because it always windy up there)purify your mind, cool your hot, weary feet,open your eyes, blow the dust out of your heart. What was once only a dream, a distant vision,is now part of your life.You made it, and that is good.
Make a promise. Now that you have discovered a strength you did not even know you had, tell yourself that you will use it for the rest of your days; promise yourself, too, to discover another mountain and set off on a new adventure.
Tell your story. Yes, tell your story. Be example to others. Tell everyone that it's possible, and then others will find the courage to climb their own mountains.
Paulo Coelho's
Like the Flowing River
(Thoughts and Reflections)
Dear readers, reaching for our mountain of dreams and aiming for our goals and objectives,and later wishing it to be part of reality, is not an easy journey to conquer, nor does, it is a hard battle to win. Yes, roads may get bumpy most of the time, and enormous storms are always present to weather, but, the promised of silver linings after cloudy days and the sweetness of every triumphs which are best appreciated after tons of hard work, is indeed worthy for each of us, in order to continue building our dreams and work hard for it. With God's guidance, and our unending perseverance and courage on our part, major ingredients that are enough, and necessary, for us to reach the end of the road or, the mountain top. You may have series of losing streaks recently, or the idea of witnessing other's achievements , only adds up to your insecurities and often resulted to a little self worth, but choosing to remain in this situation and be depressive for the unmet goals/objectives is not the best attitude to embody nor the appropriate solution to used. Instead, maintaining a positive outlook, no matter how hard it is, and how impossible it is to believe in, as based on your pessimistic opinion, at the end of the day, your hunger and desire to reach the peak eventually enables you to align your priorities and urged you that it is in fact, after all, worthy to built a dream and to work very hard for that dreams to come true.
Let us reach for our mountain of dreams no matter how hard it is, and how tiring, to meet failures frequently. What matters most, is that in our life's great adventure, we managed to win the battles by simply relying on faith and successfully emerged ourselves not only as a winner, but a true believer on God's everlasting dreamwork.
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