life and climbing

Life is like climbing a mountain. You get some easy parts and some really rough spots.

When one decides to climb a mountain like i did yesterday when i decided to conquer cape town's infamous table. One realises that life is quite similar to it. the decision to climb to the top is like planning a goal for the future and like yesterday it seemed far away very far away.The moment you take that first step you begin to see that this dream or goal can be attainable. They say that a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step . That is so true and it's the most important step in the whole process.

Once you are on the journey the vast nature of the task starts to overwhelm you and like some people in life they will stop and turn back before they get a third of the way there. navigating through the bottom is the normal part it's like getting your ducks in a row before the big one.

once the steep climb begins you start to sweat and begin to realise that it won't be easy. The pain starts and all one needs to do is just grin and bear it and fight through the pain. doubt begins to build up and one needs to take it away as the goal which can't be seen now is just a few steps away. The interesting thing is, the higher one climbs the easier the climb becomes.

before the end things begin to change for me it was the weather but in life it could be external forces that derail you and try stop your progress to the top. It's hard and one can stop and turn back throw in the towel or take a break and realise how far up you are and just soldier on through the pain .

Then there comes the point where you see your goal staring at you and all you need to do is just keep doing what you have previosly been doing in my case i just needed to keep on walking (thanks johnnie) and not rush to get up there , just chill and be calm and it will come to you and you will get through the forest of troubles and think it's over like when a marathon runner reaches the stadium .

at this point the hardwork has been done all one needs to do is just finish what they started many would just stop when everything is fine but just finish the race and right your name in the record books. i realised how Sir Edmund Hillary felt on his journey to everest and getting to the top through a whole lot of hostility and disappointment is the greatest feeling on earth , a word of caution though , The way down is very qiuck.