The pebble.
"It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe."- Muhammad Ali.
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When you set out to climb a mountain, you should make sure there are no pebbles (distractions) in your shoes because, it will become the trouble you will contend with as against the climbing.
Know that, no venture is free from distractions or failure. Within every distraction is a solution and knowing what and where it all fits will allow your level of perseverance heighten or lower.
Climbing a mountain is similar to making a successful headway in life. If you have hindrances and baggages that will make the journey hard for you, you will end up struggling to walk successfully instead of walking in the real sense of the word.
It is like walking in a shoe that pinches; it will become the focus of your life. The feet is needed to be free if you want to have a good enough walk in life and when it pinches, your walk will hurt.
Distractions are like pebbles in your shoes and you can very well be sure it will never be a good walk in a shoe that holds one.
Learn to focus on the journey/climb ahead and not on the perceived distractions that will always be around you.
Work like the road is never ending and do not focus on the pebbles in your shoes.
In the walk of life, pebbles will always be in our shoes and the best way to overcome is to move forward and bear the pinch.
The pebble equals life's distractions that are conningly and strategically located to hinder us from progressing in our chosen ventures.
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