“It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves”

I recently finished the book “the 12 hour walk” after being recommended by several friends. While most of the stories were about extreme conditions and esoteric experiences, the takeaways were universal. The author recapitulated his “Mount Everests” which each of us will face in a more metaphoric journey; the extreme external battle that is only achievable once we conquer the internal war.

The toughest obstacle to personal success is deep within, and could take lifetimes if we don’t ingest past life lessons. You will repeat the same mistakes until you learn the lesson they are meant to teach. Learning from these experiences requires self-reflection, changing your thinking, and identifying patterns in your behavior to stop repeating them. Only then can you invoke the version of you that can step into.

The battle does not get easier, you must simply get stronger.