I’m not very experienced in many things but I’ve had a chance to think about a few ideas. This is a very personal kind of knowledge that I’ll share with you and so you have every right to disagree with me but I hope that it would rather make you think about your own applicable feelings.
When the fury of Mother Nature surrounds you, when you feel the weakness of your flesh weighing you down and when you feel your ego forcing you to look after it instead of yourself; consider the idea that the strongest defense against all these opposing forces is a positive attitude. Allow yourself to laugh in the face of hardship, cultivate your sense of humility and realize that you’ve got absolutely nothing to lose except your peace of mind but even that is independent from the circumstances of your daily life.
Please also remember that although we are on this journey for purely selfish reasons we are never the less facing that mountain together. When you’re trudging through the snow just know that there are people up there with you who will lend you their strength and who in turn will need yours.
Consider this; strength creates competition but weakness creates compassion. Human relationships become stronger in the face of terrible odds and everyone needs help eventually, we aren’t as independent as we’d like to believe.
Good luck out there people, make the future count for something.
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