I believe in the truth and will not tolerate the fire that consumes the world through the tongues of fools. Be true to yourself and know that what you say today will be your tomorrow!
I've climbed to the top of the highest mountain and shouted with a victory cry only to fall backwards and come tumbling down. When your cuts and bruises are finished healing that mountain is almost impossible to climb again. Fear, defeat, and embarrassment has settled deep in your soul. The reputation of being a conqueror has but all vanished from the eyes of those that once admired you. So, then what? Crawl into a dark hole of daily mental and spiritual torment until you die? Or do you forget the past and stand at the foot of the most difficult challenge you'll ever face? There is a quote somewhere that says, "It is easy to go down into hell; day and night the gates of dark death stand opened wide; but to climb back up again; to retrace one's steps to the open air; there lies the problem: the difficult task." Wisdom? Wisdom comes when you are face to face with defeat and it won't let go and it is spitting on you and you are too damn tired to breath...but with all the pain and all the suffering you stand up and push it back and keep climbing...It really doesn't matter how high up that mountain you really get, just as long as you don't stop climbing. And the moment you boast in yourself and think you have reached the top where no-one else has stood...is the moment you will fall and have to start all over again! - Tim Bogan
