Hiking Up the Mountain.

Hiking up the mountain, the world whispers:

‘Pause! Look!’

But you’re busy hiking up the mountain.

Hiking up the mountain, you lose your footing, and the world whispers:

‘Look around you!’

But you regain your composure and resume hiking up the mountain.

Hiking up the mountain, a dislodged boulder knocks you down and leaves you concussed.

You sit up, and look around you, your head aching.

You have to get to the top of the mountain.

It’s even more of an achievement after being struck by a rock.

You climb the mountain partly because it’s hard.

‘I was even struck by a small landslide,’ you tell your admiring friends and family afterwards.

The summit was sweeter and the view more magnificent because a rock hit you on the way up.