Poetry Friday: Fear is like a mountain by Lisa Schroeder

Fear is like a mountain,
looming large
in the background,
taunting you with its
magnificence.

It seems so much
bigger than you,
and the thought of
climbing it,
of overcoming it,
seems impossible.

But it is not you
against the mountain

The mountain does
not exist simply
to make you
feel small.

It exists for purposes
beyond your
understanding.

To climb it is simply
to take one step
and then another
step and then
another step;
a walk uphill.

It is all in how
you look at it.

And when you reach
the top, there is no more
mountain.
Only a view that
takes your breath
away.

- from the book The Bridge from Me to You by Lisa Schroeder

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