And as you start to ascend, you feel the force of heavy winds and for the first time, you wonder if you should give up, turn around, and go back down the mountain and find a smaller hill to climb. This is a broken place, and you are treading on splintered ground, trying to make sense of your progress, and where you thought you'd be by now. And what was familiar is now too distant, and what was unknown is now too close, and you are wondering what to keep and what to just let go. But now that you're here, let it be. Slow down and let it be. Find new rhythms in the silence to cling to lasting peace, knowing well within your soul you will have the strength you need to make it through these unknowns.