Coming down

Imagine you’re standing at the top of a beautiful mountain. You’re looking around after having put a lot of effort into the climb up, and you’re marveling at the beauty you see around you. You’re happy you’ve succeeded and feel peaceful after accomplishing the

24task you’d set for yourself—you’ve climbed to the top.
After a while, your eye catches another beautiful mountain, maybe even more beautiful than this one. Even though you might not want this to happen, your mind begins to wonder what beauty you might find there. You try to shake these thoughts off, but you don’t succeed, your entire being, with all its intention, has already headed towards it.
That mountain is persistent in calling to you, and you’re left with no choice but to head in its direction.
You’re aware of what that journey means. To reach that mountain, you must first make it down to the foothills and then climb up again. That’s the only possible way to reach the next peak of the mountain. At that moment, it seems possible to you, you don’t even know what sorts of obstacles await you along that journey, but even if you did, you still wouldn’t give up because your desire is strong, your self-confidence at its fullest.
And those feelings should be held onto as long as possible because they’ll help you; that strength and that faith in yourself can push you forward when you head out on that journey.
Your mountains, your challenges in life, your dreams—all of them motivate you to keep on walking down the path of your life. They don’t allow you to stand still and admire the beauty around you for too long because otherwise, you wouldn’t have the experiences you’ve come here for. Everyone would stop atop their mountain and marvel at the beauty until the end of their lives, not giving themselves the chance to get to know all the other mountain peaks which await them.
Even though this might seem tiresome and difficult for you now, trust us—it is not.
You’re made for it. Your strength is far greater than what you’re even capable of imagining. And that strength is moving you forward. Don’t underestimate yourself and don’t pity yourself, don’t put yourself into boxes. You don’t belong to anybody but yourself. Everything else is rules that you’ve imposed on yourself.
And if all your “earthly rules” were to disappear now, pure love would awaken immediately in most parts of you, and you’d realize how great and powerful you are.
Try then to do that immediately—awaken your love, your strength, your power, and with faith in yourself, go forth towards your next peak.