It is because you have the typical American habit of seeing everything as a test. You see the mountain as your 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.


When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough: The Search For a Life That Matters (ed. Pan Macmillan, 2011) - ISBN: 9780330532235

Harold Kushner Quotes

It is because you have the typical American habit of seeing everything as a test. You see the mountain as your enemy and you set out to defeat it....

It is because you have the typical American habit of seeing everything as a test. You see the mountain as your enemy and you set out to defeat it....

It is because you have the typical American habit of seeing everything as a test. You see the mountain as your enemy and you set out to defeat it....

It is because you have the typical American habit of seeing everything as a test. You see the mountain as your enemy and you set out to defeat it....