mountain

it wasn’t until a couple of hours ago that i google(d) and youtube(d) this song that i’ve been hearing Lui sing for some time now. well,  it’s playing on loop now on itunes as i write this. i love it. i just wonder though if it’s fitting for a teeny bopper to be singing a song of such depth. but heck, so what. the song hits me home run. and i am not embarrassed to say that after a few times that i’ve read the lyrics (and sang along with it), i cry.

i’ve been through one hellava trek. one that is so very painful to look back to.  but i do so and by poor choices, visit the path once or twice of a time. not that i’ve left something behind, but am just lured to sitting on the same tree stump and hitting myself on the head. ouch. then i get up and walk again. wasting time. wasting energy. enough to slow me down to get to the next camp. consequently hitting the harsh winds head on. shushing the murmurs of the “you can’t” monsters.  but i push. i take another step. because there really is no other choice. even when i want to quit and i just stand there. morning comes, and i’ve no frostbite. so i continue to walk. sometimes, to my dismay. one foot after the other.  a Jumar and ice axe  action here and there. before i know it, i’m at the next camp. and painful as it is to look back, i then realize that there is a back to look at because i’ve already moved forward.

i am currently at a camp. i don’t know what number and the summit is —  but a figment of my imagination perhaps.  but right now, i’m enjoying the warmth of the sleeping bags. hot tea. a few stories shared. and rest. and in doing so, i learn a thing or two. i wise up. i strategize. i keep the faith. and continue the climb.

in the song, it says : it’s not about what’s on the other side. um, not quite true. because i am anticipating that time, when i’m at the summit He will pat me on the back and say: well done my good and faithful servant, well done.

I can almost see it
That dream I’m dreaming but
There’s a voice inside my head sayin,
You’ll never reach it,
Every step I’m taking,
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking but I
Got to keep trying
Got to keep my head held high

There’s always going to be another mountain
I’m always going to want to make it move
Always going to be an uphill battle,
Sometimes I’m gonna to have to lose,
Ain’t about how fast I get there,
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s The Climb

The struggles I’m facing,
The chances I’m taking
Sometimes they knock me down but
No I’m not breaking
I mean I know it
But these are the moments that
I’m going to remember most yeah
Just got to keep going
And I,
I got to be strong
Just keep pushing on,

There’s always going to be another mountain
I’m always going to want to make it move
Always going to be an uphill battle,
Sometimes I’m gonna to have to lose,
Ain’t about how fast I get there,
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb

There’s always going to be another mountain
I’m always going to want to make it move
Always going to be an uphill battle,
Sometimes you going to have to lose,
Ain’t about how fast I get there,
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb

Keep on moving
Keep climbing
Keep the faith baby
It’s all about
It’s all about
The climb
Keep the faith
Keep your faith

The Climb/Miley Cyrus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG2zyeVRcbs

disclaimer: the video’s got nothing to do with what i’ve written. but it’s the only way i could get you to listen along.

~ by ..... on Saturday, 13 June 2009.