Imagine yourself taking a walk with a heavy burden on your back
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It's a backpack and it's filled with all your worries.....
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The more you walk the heavier it gets because you've taken on all the family worries
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Up ahead there's a mountain
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You've always wanted to climb it
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A yearning you've had all those years but never followed through
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Tomorrow you think...I'll do it tomorrow...
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But tomorrow never came.....
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And years of worry filled up your backpack
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Today's the day, you exclaim...
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So you start walking towards that path but your backpack is so heavy
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And along the path you find more worries and you throw these into that bag too..
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Suddenly you've reached the foot of the mountain; excitement comes to your heart
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Finally you're going to do it!
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How can you leave that backpack behind?
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It's been with you all your life, an important part of you,
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or so you think
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The mountain climb is sooo tempting and so you take your worries with you
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The more you climb the heavier the pack gets as you've found more worries along the way..
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The huffing and puffing gets worse but you're determined to make it to the top
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You've walked this path before
but now the load feels so much heavier..
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Just up ahead, a bit more and the top becomes visible
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Your shoulders are hunched,the load too heavy and every breath much more difficult
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But still you continue when you suddenly question..Why carry those burdens? Why not shed some now and worry about it later?
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So you begin to throw out the small worries
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There goes the bill collectors and here comes the guilt
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With excitement you throw them in the air
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And here comes the moods, those lows and those highs
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A quick but strong push tosses them to the wind
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Gone are those worries, gone are those moods
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Lighter is the pack and now the top gets clearer
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The excitement increases
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A bit more gets thrown as it gets kicked and pushed and blown far away
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Suddenly you look to your left and then to your right. You've made it!
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The bag is deflated and your heart is a flutter
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You turn just a bit and look down the side
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Below is all your worries strewn all over ..
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They'll still be there on your journey ahead, but not for the moment
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You think to yourself, I'll enjoy the moment as you take a deep breath
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You stand at the mountain top and shout out loud, I've done it at last! I've walked my way up the Mountain of Hope!
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You've found one day at a time, one moment, one minute but most important of them all...you've found inner peace!
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No your worries won't go away but they can be tossed aside! Take some time for yourself and just enjoy today
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Things can get better for even though you don't see the path of tomorrow, you have travelled the path of past. You'll come across many paths along the way but the best path and mountains are yet to come! So please accept my hand today and know that you don't walk this path of life alone......
