Today's Horoscope
All signs :
There's always a hill. Sometimes that hill is a mountain. There’s always something to overcome, in front of you and blocking your way. There’s no way around it, and you can’t move forward unless you deal with it and climb over it. You can try to tunnel your way through it and take the easy way, but we’re not equipped to do this and the mountain will collapse on top of you. There are no shortcuts, there is no helicopter to fly you past it. If there is, it is only temporary, and like a bad science fiction movie the mountain will simply appear in front of you again.
You can try to ignore it, you can spend your life on this side of the mountain, but the mountain looms in front of you anyway. It frustrates you. It mocks you. It makes you angry and makes you feel impotent and saps so much of your energy that it would be less trouble to actually just starting hiking up the thing in the first place.
You’re never going to grow or become whole until you do it.
The mountains we face aren’t always emotional issues. We face obstacles everyday. It could be illness, changing careers because your job got eliminated, having to pack up and move on a moment's notice, caring for elderly parents. Those things you handle though. A little at a time, you bear down and power through it.
The difference, you tell yourself, is that you have to. You have no choice, it’s do or die. The thing is, it’s the same way with the emotional and mental stuff too. We lie to ourselves, and say it’s not the same thing, but it is, maybe even more important. Unresolved issues taint everything you do and anything that you are. They are an anchor, making any little thing you try to do in your life that much harder.
We live in fear of the mountain, so we sit at the base and try to pretend it’s not there, but it is. We go nowhere, we stall, and deep inside we hate ourselves for letting it happen, because as much as we want to ignore it, it’s a goddamn mountain. It will not be ignored, and you will live in its shadow forever if you allow it.
So start climbing. I know it’s scary, I know it’s exhausting, and I know you might fall back down a few times. It will be slow going at first, but once you get used to it, the way will become easier. Climb a little bit each day, make camp and be proud of whatever little distance you managed to traverse that day. Soon you can look back, and you can see how your life led you there, and you can view all the accomplishments and recognize the pitfalls. You can be proud of what you’ve accomplished and work to change the things you got wrong. When you live on the mountain you will learn that there is nothing to fear. You are facing your demons, and you will find that up close they are something you control and they aren’t as big and scary as they seemed when viewed from down in the valley. The mountain is part of you, after all, a part of you that you’ve neglected for far too long.
And one day you will be surprised to discover that you have reached the top. You have struggled, and through grit and determination you have conquered that thing that held you back all those years. It is never too late to climb, no matter what lies you tell yourself. There is always a peak that you can reach, and redemption awaits you there, so plant your flag and claim it.
When you’re on top of the mountain you can finally see the future, you can see your life in front of you, and you’re that much closer to the stars.
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