Eagle Peak

Hello, minna-san (everybody), i just blog-hopped. i was using msn spaces. i got so pissed with it and decided to switch. anyway, i will continue what i have been doing all along, posting stories. to anyone who is interested in my previous stories, you can find them in my old blog at sweehin.spaces.live.com. i am not transferring all of them here. simple, i am lazy. 

i was doing barbeque over at my friend's house the other day. it was my turn to cook prawns ( i have no idea why she would buy prawns for barbeque ). anyway, the flames got a little too strong as they all kept dumping charcoal into the pit. the flames did not reach me, but the heat did. my hand felt painful, and i pulled away. it was natural. no sane human would let his hand be barbequed. but the point is, if a small fire which heat is enough to make me feel pain and make me drew my hand away, what would happen if i get thrown into hell, where the fire would be there to burn for all eternity. someone once said, if a seagull comes once every 1000 years to take a particle of sand from the beach, even that would have a hope of the process coming to an end. i forgot who said it, but i felt it is true. he was trying to say, if you are going to hell, it is game over for you. even when the seagull cleared the beach, you would still be there in the fires if you just get thrown inside. i do not wish to go to hell. and i do not wish to see anybody i know going there. but then, that is an impossible wish, isnt it? anyway, i dont do preaching. because what i do does not tally with what i said. it makes me feel like a hypocrite. but i wouldnt want to just sit and do nothing. so, i started posting stories. of course this is the first post on this blog, but i had posted for the n-th time on my old site. nobody really read it. people are just interested in other people's life story. ok this will be the end of the long intro for my first post on the new blog. below is the story. enjoy the story, and those to come. i hope, that God will use these stories i put up to change the life of others.

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Behind the city of Colorado Springs, at the back of the U.S. Air Force Academy stands a mountain called Eagle Peak which is popular among local hikers, and Scouts in particular. From it's summit you can peer into the depths of the Rocky Mountains on one side or overlook the vast expanse of the Great Plains on the other. Each summer the trail leading to the peak is trod by those who've walked it's track before as well as those who make of it a new experience.

The inexperienced hiker is generally always told, if he cares to ask, that the hike will take all day to go up and back. He is told to start early and to set a strong, steady pace for the journey will be difficult and rigorous. The inexperienced hiker who follows this advice and plans accordingly can be easily disappointed and even become angry or confused upon reaching the beginning of the trail, because he can see with his own eyes from the parking lot that the hike to the summit and back would take far less than half a day with little difficulty at even the most leisurely pace.

And so he changes his plans. He meanders up the trail wandering frequently from the path, taking numerous side-trips and detours. He stops to play and to snack on some of the supplies he had brought since he obviously won't need so much for such a short trip. He goes well out of his way to avoid some of the more difficult parts of the trail. This he does until about half way through the day when he finally climbs to the summit only to discover that it was his eyes which had deceived him and not the words of those who had gone before. For he now stands on a false summit which had blocked his view of the higher summit far above.

Realizing his lack of foresight, this hiker now quickly reevaluates his time and decides that if he pushes himself hard enough he can still make it to the summit and back before it gets too dark. And so he sets off at a frantic pace; stumbling, crashing through the brush, receiving bruises, scrapes and scratches as the sun moves steadily toward the horizon. Until at last he reaches his mark and looks up at still another summit. You see, Eagle Peak has two false summits, both of which must be travelled over before reaching the real goal. Our inexperienced hiker now sadly begins his trek back down the mountain knowing he fell short of the goal he had sought after. He will try again another day, for there are many beautiful days in Colorado Springs. Wiser for his experience, he will doubtless reach his goal on the next occasion.

In our journey through life, however, we are not so fortunate. There are many false summits and if you strive toward only those goals which you can see, you will fall far short of the genuine goal.

- RD Clyde

As usual, i will post one anime picture after every post. so this is it for today. i had wanted to upload those pics i uploaded to my old site up to here, but im simply lazy. when im more hardworking, i may upload them here. haax.