We love metaphors(in case you haven’t noticed). And one of our favorite metaphors is mountain climbing: the struggle, the surprises, the moments of unspeakable beauty . . . mountains make great comparisons to “real life.”
This weekend hundreds of thousands of students around the country are celebrating reaching the top of a mountain: graduation. Twelve, or more, years of dedication, concentration, and effort culminating in one grand ceremony.
One of the truly remarkable things about being at the top of the mountain is the view. If you are lucky the horizon is hundreds of miles away and the things you see are things that can only be seen from that place. And the longer you look, the more you notice that one thing dominates the view: more mountains. Like in life, every succesful endeavor tends to lead you to the next great endeavor.
But those are for another day. Today, remember to enjoy this accomplishment. There are not more than a handful of days in your life that will bring you the same profound feeling of ending and beginning all at the same time. Relish it.
But remember what those other mountains looked like . . .
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