"Everyone wants to live at the top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs
while your climbing it."

-Andy Rooney

I don't know about living on one, I prefer a house by the sea, but I do love standing on top of a mountain and the joy of a hike or a pleasurable drive up. How about you?

But what about arriving on top of a symbolic mountain - achieving a hard-earned goal or reaching a long-envisioned dream?

Growth and change along the way are certain. But the climb up isn't always happy or pleasurable, at least not at the time. Sometimes the bliss that occurs on the way up isn't recognized and experienced until later. 

And sometimes getting through a period in our lives or even a day can be like climbing a mountain. 

Whatever kind of mountain you may be climbing now, you can endure every challenge with the strength within your spirit. Love will help you through. Let wisdom guide you. Hold on to your hope and your faith, too. 

Always,
Charlene.