There is a certain frustration when running in sand
the progress when doing such is slow
each step you take is heavy
HEAVY with every little grain
each minisule bit
Yet the goal is to reach the top, isn't it?
So you try different things
taking large slow steps
picking up speed and trying to stay above the bits
the little bits, the grains of sand
Eventually you realize that going straight up the hill is futile.
What about approaching at an angle?
Surely going up the slope at an angle is better.
The summit is right there...
just out of grasp.
Futile steps
lie down
Then angrily you storm the hill, how dare it keep you there, you want to reach the top!
All of your energy! All of it!
Is spent fighting against those little bits
the little bits, the grains of sand.
I have written something similar to this. I love the analogy here. Being living amidst sanddunes I have always felt this struggle. It is so true that sometimes you keep struggling when a bubble flashes upon your head and just like off-roading, if I may, we need to approach any summit at an angle, and it works wonders! But, not always!
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WOnderfully written!... as always!!!
Hard work to get to summits, of whatever type... now the goal gotten, thefeeling is just unique... more worth it after a big effoert.
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This is a wonderful write-up. Beautifully described here is how hard we struggle to reach the elusive summit. We try, over-try, innovate, over-innovate, get frustrated, angry, give-up. At the end, we feel so inadequate and empty.
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