It doesn’t matter whether we decide we can or we decide we can’t, we are right

Why do most people not climb mountains?

For most it is because they have decided that they don’t want to – or can’t. Whether they actual can or actually can’t is another matter, but they can’t because they have decided they can’t.

For others they may try and stop when they discover it is uncomfortable, or they get tired. They started off wanting to, and then decided they didn’t want to.

Those that do climb mountains decide they want to. They decide they can. They decide that it doesn’t matter that it is uncomfortable or that they are tired. Maybe even that makes climbing a mountain better.

Life is the same way. There are many things in life people decide to not participate in. There are many people that decide they can’t do ‘it’. Again, whether they actually can or not is dwarfed by their decision that they can’t. Some of the most worthwhile things in life are tried by a few, and most of those decide they can’t once they start. They are tired or it is uncomfortable.

Be it mountains or other things in life, it doesn’t matter whether we decide we can or we decide we can’t, we are right. If we only choose life options that are comfortable, where we never tire, we will experience little in life. We will die comfortable, we will die rested, we will die without experiencing life.

To live is to do what others say cannot be done. To live is to tackle that which is uncomfortable. To live is to try so hard that we become tired, but when we accomplish our goals we feel great.