It had been an exhausting climb up the mountain. The blue sky and the shimmering hot sun were beautiful, but they had made the climb more difficult as sweat trickled down his back and into his eyes. The baggage he carried on the climb was becoming a great hardship; in fact its weight forced him to stop. He could climb no further. Overwhelmed with the task, the weary traveler placed the baggage aside and rested. After easing the baggage to the ground he rested against the side of a tree, allowing the cool and refreshing breeze to blow over him. He heard a bird singing above him and when he looked up he saw the summit, his goal in the distance. Feeling somewhat renewed, he stood erect and, leaving behind his baggage, continued his climb.

As he climbed step-by-step the summit grew closer unt…