Persistence of the fighting soul

The waves rise up and down the shore….
There is a lone soul along the sea grove….
The individual roves the climb up the rocky cliff…
The ascend is steep, but on top of the edgy riff there is a hopeful gift…
Upon noticing the hopeful sight, the individual begins to climb the edgy cliff…
Half way up the climb, the lone soul looks down and realizes the mighty height…
Startled by the sight, the individual falls and loses grip of the bamboo and falls back to the ocean blue…
The lone soul is shaken but not deterred and begins the climb up by grabbing the bamboo…
Half way up the ascend, the individual looks down again and falls back to the blue…
Time and time again the lone soul tried to climb up the mighty sea grove; all attempts ended with the same ride down the blue…
The lone soul, exhausted with all his failed attempts, began to cry…
With all attempts in failure, the individual lost hope of reaching this hopeful gift… but a sudden burst of positive energy filled his body and it provided a motivational lift…
Once again the lone soul climbed up the rocky grove, grabbing on each time to the bamboo fighting with all his might so he would not fall into the blue…
The lone soul reached the half-way point, where he usually falls off from the bamboo; instead of looking down he looked up with joyful thoughts about this wonderful breakthrough…
AT LAST!!! The lone soul reached the top of the sea grove, and with joyful pride he pounced on his big prize… to his surprise he was more proud of climbing up the cliff than enjoying his praiseful gift….
Will you be able to climb up the cliff, when times get tough, to enjoy your    hopeful gift?

By Renzo Lara, Program Assistant