Don’t knock the Valleys.

Sometimes you have to look beyond the obvious to discover the opportunity.

Herby Guerrie
3 min readMar 8, 2022
Don’t knock the valleys
Photo by James Kovin on Unsplash

Life is a journey, and that journey is identical with the learning we do along the way.

Everybody wants to be at the mountain top.

But up there, the air is so thin, you can barely breathe.

All you can do is stand still and try not to fall.

But in the valley, that’s where the river runs.

Don’t knock the valleys
Photo by Mario Álvarez on Unsplash

That’s where all the power is.

The resources are there.

But very often, when we see a beautiful mountain, almost immediately we’d gazed up to look at its peak.

And if the mountain has a steep slope, we’ll look at that also.

Very rarely do we admire its base, its foundation.

Though without that foundation, there is no slope, and there is no peak.

When rough water comes overtimes, a mountain is only as strong as its foundation. Often in our lives, where the most difficult challenges appear is…

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Herby Guerrie

Art enthusiast. I write about self-improvement & practical wisdom for everyday life. We’re on this journey together. →https://herbygee.medium.com/membership