Kitjai26’s Training Blog

A small boy heard the mountain speak
"There are secrets on my highest peak
but beware, my boy, the passing of time.
Wait not too long to start the climb."

So quickly come and go the years
and a young man stands below, with fears.
"Come on, come on," the mountain cussed.
"Time presses on, climb you must!"

Now he’s busied in middle-aged prime
and maybe tomorrow he’ll take the climb.
Now is too soon - it’s raining today.
Gone, all gone, years are eaten away.

An old man looks up, still feeling the lure
yet, he’ll suffer the pain, not climb for the cure.
The hair is white, the step is slow
and it’s safer and warmer to stay here below.

So all too soon the secrets are buried,
along with him and regrets he carried.
And it’s not for loss of secrets he’d cried,
but rather because he’d never tried.

~Phyllis Trussier

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One of my favorite motivation quotes.  How often do we not act out because of fear?  How often do we not attempt something because of obstacles?  How often have we not realized our full potential because we were settled into a comfortable false sense of security?  This just goes to show you that sometimes you just have to go out there and do it.  Put aside all your fears, excuses, and oppositions.  Without taking risks in life, how are we expected to grow?  Dream big, never give up!!

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