Don’t just stare at it, climb it

// March 1st, 2009 // Beauty, Mind

img214338342Ken Davis gave me some good advice recently.  He said that many of us look at the mountain summit, admiring it’s beauty, all the while thinking that one day we’ll climb it.  Few ever do.  I was telling my dad about a new idea I’ve got brewing.  He shared with me this quote.

The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.  - - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)

My dad is pretty smart.  It’s funny… he just became smart recently.  You see, I was always way smarter growing up.  But now I can see that maybe it was the other way around.  Anyway, I’m going to take his advice through this quote and toil upward in the night.

2 Responses to “Don’t just stare at it, climb it”

  1. Michele says:
    March 25, 2009 at 2:39 pm

    Sweet wisdom … both Ken’s and Longfellow’s.

  2. Theron says:
    March 29, 2009 at 9:49 pm

    Thanks Michele. Glad you stopped by.

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