We take pictures at the top of the mountain. With our arms stretched out in the air and a big grin on our face. But we don't take any pictures along the way. And if we do, we definitely don't frame those. We don't take pictures of the grueling and painful trek to the top because we don't want to remember it. We don't want to see the pain we had on our faces; the blood and the sweat. We push ourselves as hard as we can, not because we want to, but because we have to. We do everything we can just to get to the top and take that picture.
But don't forget the journey. Don't forget how you got to the top. The steps we take up the mountain are more important than the single pose at the top. If anything, the picture at the top is only taken to cover up or justify the agony it took to get up there. So take pictures of the entire adventure; the good and the bad. Take as many as you can.
