One morning, I had a small epiphany. Why do I do the things I do? A friend asked me why I activate my nuts. I think she was not interested in the science of it. She wanted to know why I bother. For activating nuts was indeed time consuming, not to mention energy consuming. The time and effort applied could be better spent doing something else. So I searched in my heart. And the answer is simple. Wellbeing is my current passion. It consumes me and fires me up every day. A passion needs no explanation nor excuses. It’s just IS.
I looked back. I realized that I have been climbing mountain after mountain my entire adult life. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mean that my life is hard. It means that I like exploring, I like adventure, I like peaking, I like to have a goal. Life will sometimes deal you a mountain. It could be sickness (eg. cancer) or a challenging circumstance (eg. losing a job or separation). I have my share of life’s challenges. But oftentimes, I seek my own mountain. Where I have utmost control. Let me count them.