Life is like a mountain.. but how do you get to the top?

[exotica]

I've been thinking lately. Life is what you make of it. What if you don't know what you want from life. I've always planned on getting a great carreer making tons of money and having 2 children one boy one girl, maybe some pets, a cat and a dog. What if you realize that, well you only want that dream because thats what everyone else wants. It just seems that there is a huge mountain i have to climb to get to the next stage in my life and I see people passing me by on a ski lift, and i'm left tredding in the snow with my snow shoes. I don't know where to find that ski lift. And I'm deffinatly not ready to climb that mountain.

I bet every has felt like this at some point in their life, so please, how did you get over this mountain? I need some sort of direction.

[bob]

whoever's taking the ski lift up the mountain is missing out on a hell of a lot of life.

it's not what you do at the top of the mountain that makes your life.
it's what you do on your way up.

[MC Hammered]

4. Fourth Important Lesson - The Obstacles in Our Path.

In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock.

Some of the king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the King for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about getting the stone out of the way.

Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded.

After the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the King indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway.

The peasant learned what many of us never understand! Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our condition.

[Veni*C]

^^ :)

[M!SKA]

that's such a good karma story.

[rawb]

Apparently a big part of understanding and enjoying life is creating a metaphor and then stretching the living fuck out of it until it's bearly recognizable, like an old lady's rack.

[ashley112]

you take the good with the bad..everything that goes down must go up...some people need to learn the hard way in some thing these are just extra things you learn to help you when your older ..makes you diffrent from everyone so we dont all have the same kinda problems and paths and stories and personality....but i think in a bad situation do what u think is the best thing and im sure youll get through it even if it feels like you wont or never will

[MrDFrost]

people who get spoon fed all their life, imo are missing out on allot of great experiences...at the time you might think it to be the worst thing that could happen...but if you learn from those mistakes, and take it to heart, you've gained valuable knowledge, that will help you for the rest of your life...dont take the problems you encounter in a bad way....learn from it.

Some rules of engagement I've been told...and i think everyone should know about them.

Seven *Snap Out of It!* Laws

As spring springs to life, it seems like the perfect time
to plant some fresh seeds of happiness. So if you feel
your power has been dormant long enough, try
applying these 10 laws to your life. Get ready for fun,
because as I like to say, *Something wonderful is about
to happen!*

1) Replace *I can't* with *I refuse.*

There truly is no such thing as *can't,* because our
minds naturally drop out the negative. So when you say,
*I can't,* what you're really saying is *I can, but I do not
want to.* So why not just come out and say, *I refuse*?
Clearly identify who and what you do not like, and stop
apologizing or feeling guilty about it. Remember that
whatever you resist persists, so when you refuse, you
actually break the link to something that's been holding
you back and open the door for something wonderful
to enter.

2) Make your own decisions.

Stop giving away your power. Snap out of the idea that
someone else has the answers you need. You're only
going to do what you want to do anyway. So stop
asking other people what they think. They'll be telling
you what's right for them, not you. Get comfortable with
the idea that you were born with a connection to the divine,
which you can access in numerous ways. Remember that
when YOU (not others) focus on your life, good things happen.

3) Stop *but-ting* yourself out of happiness.

For one day, or even one hour, see if you can eliminate
the use of the word *but.* Remember that *but*
always negates what comes after it. *I love you, but,*
or *I want to, but* basically mean that you do not love
the person and you do not want to do whatever it is
you're talking about. Instead, try using the word *and.*
*I love you, and* is amazingly powerful. So is *I want
to, and.* *And* is life; *but* is death. Remember
that you can't think two things at the same time.

4) Start laughing at yourself.

Stop taking yourself so seriously. There really only
is one life or death issue, and that's whether you're
living each day, or dying each day. (And we all
know some dying people who do a better job of
living than some so-called *alive* people do!)
When you find yourself thinking about how busy,
burned out or stressed you are, stand back and
take a good hard look. You're not dead yet, so
stop deadening yourself to life. Knock it off.
Remember that things will stay the same until you
--not they--change. So lighten up, and you'll find
that whatever you thought was so
important probably isn't.

5) Have a conversation.

If you're living on Email, you're basically cutting
yourself off from others. My friend Gerry puts it
well: *Email is for notification, not communication.*
Use it to exchange facts and to schedule a time
to talk. If you say you're too busy to talk, it's
probably because you're too busy doing Email.
Remember that what you put in, you get back.
As my friend Ken says, no one ever got promoted
for being really good at Email. If you want truly
satisfying relationships, try doing it the old
fashioned way and talk.

6) Stop competing and start sharing.

If you see every other person as a competitor,
they will be. As the saying goes, *It's not
whether you win or lose, it's how you play the
game that counts.* Share your light with
others, and allow them to share theirs with
you. Snap out of the illusion that life has
finite resources and that you must struggle
for your piece of it. Remember that if you believe
something to be true, you will live that truth.

7) Get unreal.

Mystics say that what we consider to be reality
is only an illusion. So stop taking things at
face value, and start asking yourself what you
wish were true. Use your gift of dreams to
imagine the best for yourself and others.
Play big. Really, really big. Remember that
you always attract what you are, not what
you want.


Read em, soak it in. AND APPLY IT!!!! You'll be a much better person once you do. :). Ok im done preaching. :)

[robyn]

Have you considered fucking your way to the top?

[miss.myra]

Everything you need to 'find' in life is already within yourself, understanding that makes the journey a whole lot simpler.

[MrDFrost]

Originally Posted by robyn

Have you considered fucking your way to the top?

theres ALWAYS that option ;)

[robyn]

Originally Posted by robyn

Have you considered fucking your way to the top?

wtf? I was being serious, exotica! Why you gotta be such a hater?

ps: My bad karma is worth much more than yours :P

[exotica]

you have issues robyn

[cheebus420]

don't listen to anyone on this thread!


except MCHammered , that was a wicked story.

[diva]

No, i've never felt that way.
There are too many shit people at the bottom of the mountain, the quicker I make my way to the top, the happier (and shit people-free) i'll be.
That's my motivation.

[robyn]

Originally Posted by exotica

you have issues robyn

You're avatar is some skanky chick taking her top off. Did you expect me to suggest hard work and determination or some such bullshit?

[jib monkey]

/\/\fucking your way to the top...man if it was just that simple. Staying in school makes me feel like i am accomplishing something..not always but most of the time. exotica is that u in your avatar?

[ashley112]

as much as her comment was not needed...IT MADE ME LAUGH OUT LOUD!!!!!:)