The Climb

I'm listening to this song, The Climb taken from Hannah Montana the Movie at the moment. Yeah I know I'm listening Miley Cyrus but its the lyrics that is very inspiring that I cant help myself but to share with you bout the climb that we faced everyday, metaphorically in our daily lives as how we struggle to climb the barrier and the hurdles that's in our way.

I can almost see it,

That dream that i have been dreaming about,

There's a voice inside my head 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

How often we end up in this similar situation, we dream of things that we want to do, and dream of dreams that is realistic and achievable and dreams that brings us higher but there's always that voice in our head, that silly voice that seems to tell us, wait another minute, wait another time, its alright everything can wait, you can do this, you can't do that. How many times have we ever felt misled, ever felt that every steps we took is without direction and also destination. Just to keep us getting out of bed and tremble as we grit our teeth and tell ourselves that we gotta try, we should keep trying and keep our head up  high.

There's going to be another mountain

I'm going to always want to make it move

Always going to make it an uphill battle

Sometimes I'm going to have to lose

Ain't bout how fast i get there

Ain't bout what's waiting on the other side

It's the climb

In life, there's always going to be one mountain after the other, and other than wishing to make it move, we just have to push ourselves to be brave enough to embrace our fear and climb it. I think that is one of the reason why I always like to scale the mountain during the toughest of season with heavy rain and end up getting drenched in the cold and have to muster all the strength in me just to climb every step to the top. There are also time when we have to learn how to give in, have to learn how to lose. Losing is not a bad thing actually. Its just like Liverpool going out on the Champions League due to Chelsea but not after giving a tough fight which ended up in a 8 goal thriller, one of the epic football match of the 08/09 season(yeeah rite??;p). The important thing is as long as you give your all, your best then if you have to accept the bitter sweet symphony of losing, so be it. Pick it up and keep moving on. It's just like how Jose Mourinho accept defeat when MU beat Inter Milan in the quarterfinal.

"The great thing about Jose is he can laugh at himself and he's able to separate what happens on the pitch and off it.

"He might lose a game but you can still have a conversation with him about anything and everything after it.

"It's important for managers to be able to communicate with each other and forget the game, no matter what the result," he added, in a comment probably intended to resonate in Liverpool and North London more than Milan.

So, it doesn't really matter how long it takes but the courage to embrace our fear, to face it and to climb the mountain that is in front of us.

The struggles I'm facing

The chances I'm taking

Sometimes might knock me down but

No I'm not breaking

I may not know it but these are the moments that

I'm going to remember most yeah

Just to keep going and I gotta be strong

Just keep pushing on cause

Lastly, there's a saying, stick and stones may break my bones but words will never will, so every problem presents itself with an opportunity. I remember my younger brother used to say, 'For every problem has a solution, and for every solution has a problem'. I like it in all adversity, he will still sticks to the optimistic side of him, to look at every challenges as an opportunity to move forward. Come to think of it, the satisfaction of taking calculated risks and sometimes going for a wild goose chase in every struggles that you face is very rewarding at the end. Of course if everything does not work out, take a deep breath and explore other options while hanging on the edge of  a cliff.

A piece of thought on this wonderful Sunday.