Day 20d: What goes down, must rise UP … (05/04/2019)
A prudent Life-Tip: The time to assess the relative ease or difficulty of any trek or task is after one has completed the same … 🙂
As joyous as I felt at finally attaining the summit of my day’s jaunt (having limped all the way up to the very crest of the Jura mountains in the process) did I then emotionally plummet again along with the path — a trail that proceeded to descend as steeply as it had previously climbed; a trail that was now far more littered with jagged stones and stumbly roots (not to mention large steps and tight turns); and a trail that reminded me with every single step that it is FAR more painful to hobble downwards with a shin-splint than it is to trudge upwards … :O
“Many people have died for their beliefs over the course of human history. Indeed to do so is to this day actually quite common — almost banal, really. As such, any true test of courage rests not in choosing die for a cause, but rather in choosing to live on, especially while suffering deeply for the principles you hold most dear.” ~ inspired by Christopher Paolini
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