Mt Everest allegory is spot on. You wouldn't appreciate the top of Everest if you were placed there. All of the emotion, the profound sense of fulfillment, and the elation in the triumph is in the resilience and perseverance. When you reach the end, you only realize that physical, mental and/or spiritual journey is what transforms you, like alchemy, from the raw and unformed material into something cloaked in the glory of pursuing the ultimate transcendant divine.
Mt Everest allegory is spot on. You wouldn't appreciate the top of Everest if you were placed there. All of the emotion, the profound sense of fulfillment, and the elation in the triumph is in the resilience and perseverance. When you reach the end, you only realize that physical, mental and/or spiritual journey is what transforms you, like alchemy, from the raw and unformed material into something cloaked in the glory of pursuing the ultimate transcendant divine.
You hit the nail on the head. So true, so beautifully said. When Chris E newsletter?