Climbing the Mountain An American tourist found himself in India on the day of the pilgrimage to the top of a sacred mountain. Thousands of people would climb the steep path to the mountaintop. The tourist, who had been jogging and doing vigorous exercise, thought that he was in good shape, decided to join in and share the experience.
After twenty minutes, he was out of breath and could hardly climb another step. While women carrying babies, and frail old men with canes, moved easily past him. I don’t understand it, he said to an Indian companion, How can those people do it when I can’t?
His friend answered, It is because you have the typical American habit of seeing everything as a test. You see the mountain as our enemy and you set out to defeat it. So, naturally the mountain fights back and it is stronger than you are. We do not see the mountain as our enemy to be conquered. The purpose of our climb is to become one with the mountain and so it lifts us up and carries us along.
We should never fight to conquer the problem but be one with it, accept it, enjoy it and it will lift us and carry us along.

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