Steady as she goes mate!!

As the climbers rounded the face of the rock outcrop they had
been scaling, they scanned the next section of the climb and the
reality of what lay ahead of them qky dawned u the team, the
challenge will about to step up another level, requiring every
bit of skill and knowledge gained from previous climbs. For as
far as they could see, a huge ar, of ice sheet sloping away and
then dropping suddenly for hundreds of feet lay between then and
the final section of the climb to the summit! Doning crampons and
securing an extra safety line to each member of the team, ice
picks in hand and a quiet prayer for safe passage and the the
teamtook their first steps onto the the great white mass! Each
step needed to be carefully placed with a firm step to ensure the
crampons gripped deeply into the ice. In the midccday sun, it
seemed to sparkle across the ice sheet andthe dazzling effect
could distract one's focus, meaning the potential for disaster
was very real. There was a need for a steady as she goes mate
attitude and this was certainly no place for a break to take in
the view! This called for clear heads, total focu.
I feel like I have rounded that rock out crop and streched out
before me is this new challenge requiring every bit of skill I
have learnt up till now and a steady as she goes mate attitude.
My dreamccgoal of returning to my feet again is very much a
possibility you in saying that the potential for disaster is very
real as well! At times the midccday sun seems to sparkle off the
ice at me and the reality of what returning to my feet means for
both my family and I. Without a clear head and total focus and a
reminding to myself, keep it steady Phil, the urge to push on
even harder and over do it and possiblydamage my chances or even
worse, end my chances, are very real! My body gets super tight
from all the work I put it through andI feel frustration rise at
times when it hampers me from doing my set programme. I need to
heed my teams calls for, keep it steady mate and not get dazzled
by the moment! I am endeavouring to cause the crampons of my
faith to bite deep into this section of lifes icy slope for me.
The safety line of hope is attached firmly and I am learning with
paitence to keep on keeping on and watch the placement of each
foot! This section of ice may stretch out for quite a distance
for me and that steady as she goes mate attitude along with the
many skills and safety systems in place, I am bound to reach the
other side andfinally the summit!
There's a verse in the book of Roman's in the Bible that says;
"and hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls,
connecting us to God himself behind the sacred curtains of
heaven". Another verse in Romans says; "And paitence develops
strength of character and helps us to trust God each time we us
it, until finally our hope and faith are steady and strong" With
the right climbing gear in hand and the knowledge from previous
climbs along with that steady as she goes mate attitude you will
achieve the goal and summit your mountain!