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“If you are faced with a mountain, you have several options. You can climb it and cross to the other side. You can go around it. You can dig under it. You can fly over it. You can blow it up. You can ignore it and pretend it’s not there. You can turn around and go back the way you came. Or you can stay on the mountain and make it your home.” Vera Nazarian

“Everybody wants to reach the peak, but there is no growth on the top of a mountain. It is in the valley that we slog through the lush grass and rich soil, learning and becoming what enables us to summit life’s next peak.” ~ Andy Andrews

“Success is not counted by how high you have climbed but by how many people you brought with you” Dr. Wil Rose.

The only Zen you find on top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you.
Zen Proverb

Waste time conscientiously with God on the mountain. Adapted Thomas Merton
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