Sunday 30 August 2015

Transition: a Stickle Epiphany


A young woman climbed a wonderful mountain. It was a mountain she had pondered for some time and bravely climbed alone all the way to the top. When she reached the summit she found she was happy and she began exploring the rocks, lichen and plants that lived on the mountain. She spent so much time looking an the beautiful details of the mountain and was having such a lovely time she didn't question the clouds that began to form all around her. As she enjoyed exploring the wonderful mountain the clouds would sometimes break and another mountain would come into view, but the woman was not interested in other mountains. This was the mountain she wanted to be on.

After a while the woman began to be intrigued by the other mountains that came into view, sometimes they looked interesting too, but they all seemed so far away. The more the clouds hid the other mountains the more the woman began to wonder what they were like.

One day the clouds broke to reveal a saddle, a path that led away from the wonderful mountain. The young woman was unsure but once again bravely took the first steps towards the next mountain. As she approached the summit of the new mountain the clouds began to clear, the sky was a hazy blue and gradually other mountains started to appear in the distance. This mountain was challenging but the view was inspiring, all around her were hundreds more mountains, as far as she could see and beyond.

The wonderful mountain from before was still in her heart but from the inspiring mountain the woman saw many new paths and opportunities. She knew her time on the inspiring mountain was limited and that she would soon be taking on her next challenge. It might not be as easy as the path on the saddle but she knew it would feel just a good to stand on top of any or all of the other mountains. She just had to choose they way.