Climb the Mountain

MindyAZ9
MindyAZ9 Posts: 6
edited September 19 in Motivation and Support
Climb The Mountain

I tried to climb the mountain today. As I inched my way up the path, I felt out of breath and had to turn back.


I tried to climb the mountain today. But, It was so hot outside, I thought I had better stay in my nice air-conditioned house and rest up for tomorrow's attempt.


I tried to climb the mountain today. On my journey, darkness started to fall and I was full of fear, so I had to return to a safe place.


I was ready to climb the mountain today. But I had so may other things to do, so instead of climbing the mountain I took care of the much more important tasks; I washed my car, mowed the grass and watched the big game. Today the mountain will have to wait.


I was going to climb the mountain today. But as I stared at the mountain in all it's majestic beauty, I knew I had no chance of making it to the top, so I figured why even begin trying.


I had forgotten about climbing the mountain today, until an old friend came by and asked what I was up to lately. I told him about all my plans to climb that mountain someday. I went on and on about how I was going to accomplish the task.

He stopped me and said, "I just got back from climbing that mountain. for the longest time I told myself I was going to try to climb it but never made any progress. I almost let the dream of making it to the top die. I came up with every excuse of why I could not make it up the mountain, but never once did I give myself a reason why I could. One day as I stared at the mountain and pondered, I realized that if I didn't make an attempt at this dream all my dreams would eventually die."
" The next morning, I started my climb. It was not easy, and at times I wanted to quit. But no matter what I faced, I placed one foot in front of the other, keeping a steady pace. When the wind tried to blow me over the edge, I kept walking. When the voices inside my head screamed, stop! I focused on my goal, never letting it out of sight. I kept moving forward. I could not quit because I knew I had come too far to stop now. Time and time again, I reassured myself that I was going to finish this journey. I struggled mightily to make it to the top, but I CLIMBED THE MOUNTAIN."


"I have to be going," my friend said. "Tomorrow is a new day to accomplish more dreams. By the way what are you going to do tomorrow?"


I looked at him, with intensity and confidence in my eyes, and said,

"I HAVE A MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB."

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  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,211 Member
    :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
    MIndy, this is great. Thank you for sharing it. I'll see you at the top of the mountain:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:
  • NykkieC
    NykkieC Posts: 622 Member
    I absolutely love this!!! Thank you.
  • agarlits
    agarlits Posts: 429 Member
    Very moving, I enjoyed reading this
  • What an inspirational story to learn from.:smile: I am new to this whole blogging thing. Walked over a mile today on my treadmill.
  • Thanks. I found it one day when I was looking for some good quotes to put on my fridge. I have a copy of it on my fridge now. It just helps to remind me that it is a big mountain and ever little bit helps. I have no idea who wrote it, it was an unknown source. It is just fitting. I know I have made all of those excuses and listened to those voices when they said stop. But not anymore.
  • JStarnes
    JStarnes Posts: 5,576 Member
    :flowerforyou: awesome!
  • sjmay
    sjmay Posts: 386 Member
    I love it! :heart: Thank you so much for sharing :bigsmile:
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