And the truth of it is that we are still just kids. But we'll tear the world wide open.

“My hands are torn open and my fingers are bloody but I am not giving up.” This is the thought I have when it comes to rock climbing. Have you ever worked really hard on something that took you a long time to get? I have. I get this overwhelming feeling of accomplishment when I finally get to the end of a problem. After all of the sweat and blood I poured over something, I feel like I have almost done something impossible. Call it whatever you’d like, but it keeps me going on a high that is indescribable. Right now I am in the state of figuring it out. I am upside down hanging on with all I have, I try for each hold and every time I jump for a new hand hold I slip. I fall and I feel defeated, but I don’t give up. My legs are shaking and my arms are weak, but I keep pushing myself until I get one step closer to the end. It may take a while, but I know that each day is a new day and one day I will finally get to the end and feel that feeling again. Until then I will jump and hang on with all I have.

Now what I wrote is the true feelings as to how I feel when rock climbing, but I feel like it could be related to someone I know. I have a friend and no matter how much is put in front of her she never gives up on chasing after God. She will be beaten down to the ground dealing with more than the average person has to deal with but she never lets go. She holds onto what she knows and runs with it getting a step closer every day, even when she can’t see it. She jumps for God stretching out her arms and running towards him with everything she has. When she falls she doesn’t give up but she looks up and goes after him again. She gets weak and tired and when she thinks of giving up she doesn’t. She holds on and doesn’t let go.

Sometimes I wish I felt this way about everything. I wish I wouldn’t give up on anything and I wish I would fight until the end…but, I tend to start things that I cannot finish. I dig myself a hole and wonder why I am in so deep. I make promises that I can’t keep and I am extremely good at giving up. I don’t like getting myself into hard situations and I hate feeling uncomfortable. I let go of people when they push me too hard and I don’t bother looking back. I end relationships when I am hurt and I hold onto grudges longer than I should. I am young and I am still learning to live life. I really have no excuses for what I do; I just do what I feel like doing.