Heights
Tuesday, September 20th, 2005Play draft. Wrote it really quick, didn’t look over it even. If you want to criticize grammar or phrasing screw off, otherwise its there.
Idea: Hike to Alta peak in the sequoias
Most people drive in circles. I try to take the rode less traveled by. I go to the hills. I go to the mountains, to feel alive. I go away from the norm. I go and make something of my life. I need to go where others haven’t been. I need to see what’s alive in the world. I climb the mountains others are afraid to.
I went to Alta peak with my friend others backed out. They are fine with living their lives and driving in circles I’m not. We found a trail and started up. It looked hard, really hard. We could have turned back; we should have turned back. But I was stubborn and wanted to go on because the path was ahead, it was a challenge I wanted to master. I climbed I pushed. And as my companions got weary I moved on. I ran out of water so I found a stream and filled my glass. I made it up that peak before the others. That peak was mine. I owned it, I deserved it, and I claimed it.
I pushed the others up that peak and they got to share my joy. Others stayed behind and carried on driving in circles never seeing, never going. I cry for them. I cry for those who stay behind, who don’t adventure, who don’t live life. I cry for those who do not try something new. I cry for those that don’t push themselves past their limits, for those who do not grow and for those who do not want to grow.
I am not perfect. I don’t have the perfect GPA or the perfect SAT score. I am not the perfect student, the perfect friend, or even a good one, but I do my best, and I give it my all. I try to live, try to lead, try to teach. If the world chooses not to love my fine be that way. But I chose to climb up that mountain.
