I grew up playing on cliffs similar to the one in the feature image above. (Sorry mom, I know you didn’t want me to. ). In those days I could free climb fairly well and would spend all day sitting on the edge and watching animals play in the valley below. Later in my late teens I went on my first organized mounteering exercise with the JROTC. When mom asked if I would jump off of a cliff because my friends did apparently the answer was yes. We spent all day repelling to the bottom and then climbing back up to do it again. On one trip back to the top my friend, Bobby, stopped to catch his breath and said “Down is easy but up is hard.” That little bit of profound observation has stuck with me for my entire life and the reason why is because of what he said next. “I have to keep climbing because home is on the other side of this mountain.”
Anything can become that steep mountain in our lives. And, it’s easy to give up halfway through a difficult journey. But the journey isn’t over until you have made it home again. It’s also okay to stop and catch your breath but don’t make your home there because there’s so much waiting for you at the top. Dig in deep within yourself and find that strength that I know you possess. Find handholds and footholds wherever you can and just keep going. Mountains are climbed one foot or even one inch at a time.
Tonight’s image was taken in Summerville Lake when it’s at winter pool. The cliff overhang is just a few feet off the surface of the water for most of year.
Climbing up is hard, but getting down is easy. Nice post; a blend of nature and reality.
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Thank you 😀
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Nicely said, Lloyd. 🙂 Those cliffs look menacing. Good shot!
There comes a time in all our lives when persistence
outclasses talent and ability. Rock on! UT
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Thank you UT 🙂
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brings out the chicken in me just to look at this LOL
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It’s kinda scary the first 100 times or so. Lol
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Nice post
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Thank you ❤
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Ah, looks so wonderful I want to be transported there and just peek a little over the cliff. ☺️
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Thank you 😁 If you ever do make it here we have zip lines and Hawks Nest State Park has a skyline car that takes you down to the river.
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Ooo, yes, that sounds exactly like my kind of fun!!!!!! Thank you! ☺️
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I have plans to be in that area with my camera in the near future. Hopefully I’ll remember to get a picture of it.
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Great analogy and I love how the sky looks behind the cliff!
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Thank you Jessy ❤
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