Do you only see mountains? And craggy ones at that. Your mountain may look like a molehill to some and the Alps to you. It may look like a bump in the road or a range of mountains. Size and number are not as relevant as existence. If you have a mountain then it’s a mountain… and it’s in the way! The question is: what do you do about it? Not a trick question but do realize that there is never just one answer to this question because, though it is a mountain, they do come in all types.
Your first question should be – what kind of a mountain is it? What is this mountain stopping you from? If the mountain wasn’t there, what would be different. These questions aren’t idle ones – you need to know what you are facing and what it is doing. It is completely self defeating if you just blunder about attacking your mountain without knowing it. You also need to know if you’ve faced this mountain before.
In terms of strategies – do you go around the mountain or over it? … or is it possible to be through it? It is another waste of time to convince yourself that it really doesn’t exist because you rarely believe this. A mountain is a mountain! Also, it only puts off the inevitability of having to deal with it. But isn’t it strange how mountains tend to grow, sometimes escalating quickly, when you attempt to only ignore it?
I’ve always found it fascinating that it is in the facing of the mountain that you discover how big (or small) and how extensive it is. Sometimes what you think is a mountain turns out to be only a molehill. Sometimes it is a mountain. However, if you don’t deal with it, it rarely just… goes away. Mountains can be overcome, but never through avoiding or denying.
Sadly, no one can really tell you how to deal with your mountain because every person’s resources, talents, abilities differ. You are what makes the difference. In some fashion you will be able to eliminate or neutralize the impact of your mountain. But.. what’s your plan? What are you willing to do to overcome your mountain?
…but, what do you think? what do you believe?
