Climbing Mountains

Sometimes those that sprint up the mountain fastest, find that it isn't for them sooner. It is a more rapid, exhausting path than one that is more gradual.

Type A people like to climb mountains. Sometimes you climb the mountain you had your eyes fixed on in the distance, and you sit there at the peak, watching a beautiful sunset. Then you watch the sunrise. Then another sunset. It’s beautiful, you think, but you want someone to tap on the shoulder and say, “Look! How pretty! Isn’t this gorgeous?”.

You’ve reached the peak - isn’t that what it’s about? Why would you want to be at a lower altitude? This is where you worked so hard to be, no?

It is OK to climb back down your mountain. You take a couple friends up your next mountain. You climb the mountain together, chatting and laughing on the way up. Giving each other a hand up the rough parts. You reach the peak and share some food at the top. You enjoyed the hike as much as the view.

Take Arnold Schwarznegger - he was a bodybuilder, then an actor, then a politician. A real champion can do something great more than once. A real climber always ascents more than one mountain.

Don’t cling on to your peak just because it’s the highest altitude you’ve been at this far in your life. You can appreciate your peak, take the view in - then go find your next mountain.