Climbing mountain peaks - Greeting card

Mountain climbing. It's a mental experience when you move into any part of the ascent. Each footfall must be measured, every rock calculated for safety, every breath felt in your heaving lungs—life rushes through your blood and spreads throughout your body. At this juncture, you live at an extraordinary moment, when satori takes over, when you create your life, each moment of it—where you are responsible for what you are, what you are doing and what you desire—the summit of that mountain. You create a living sculpture in your spirit and that spirit expresses through you and upward on that mountain. This is where life mingles with death. To top it off in the shadowy recesses of this mist, you must make distinct judgments of where you will place your foot, how and what you grasp to keep you in contact with the rock—for any mistake would send you flying down the mountain without the use of wings. Surely you would become a one-way flight with a terminal landing! Nonetheless, you move toward the peak with confidence and determination. Living at the perfect speed.