Wednesday, May 29, 2013

 Let me tell you a story...

A story about a group of friends all with a common passion; mountain climbing.

On a beautiful summer day, they threw themselves a big challenge: A 5 hour long ascension on an extremely steep and highly technicalrock wall.

The group embarked on their adventure in the early morning. They were eight.
The climb was going very well and the top was near.

Suddenly, a black cloud appeared, hidding the beautifull landscape: a strom was approaching.

Fortunately the rain was brief. However, within a few minutes the rock got completely soaked.

The leading climber turned down to warn his companions the wall was slippery, and that the end of the ascention would become very difficult.

While he had barely finished his sentence, his foot slipped and he fell several meters down braking his leg and getting himself seriously wounded to the head.

Too concerned about the safety of his friends, he had neglected his own concentration.

After getting themselves all gathered up in a safe place with their injured
friend, they decided that half the group was to go back down and fetch for
help.

The injured climber suffered terribly and only remained conscient thanks to
the reasuring words of his friends.

"Don't worry... We're here... the others went to get help, everything will be fine... Hold on tight!"

Hours had passed... no signs of rescue to be seen or heard.

Night fell bringing strong winds with it. The injured climber continued to fight agains the pain, and now, also against nature.

Yet, the four friends held on tightly against each other, harnessed securely against the steep mountain wall.

Despair won them over, but they would not let it show, continuing to support
their wounded comrade.

After long hours of endless waiting, they suddenly heard the sound of a helicopter.

When it appeared before them in a blinding light, they had trouble believing it.

A few months after this terrible adventure, the injured climber finally started to walk again.

His injuries were a lot more serious than expected and following what the doctors explained, his friends saved his life by fighting for him to remain conscious.

They saved him by forcing him to keep hope.

They saved him by uniting their courage and supporting each other no matter what.

Why am I telling you this?

Well, this is just to show you that even in the most difficult moments, even when a battle seems lost in advance...... together, we never lose hope. We always find the strength to move forward.

Friendship, support and courage are the most powerful weapons that we have
to overcome obstacles.

John Lennon said: "A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream
together is reality."

And he was so right!

A dream builds, grows and becomes a reality only if we live it together and
we work hand in hand to achieve it.

Thanks to you and with you, my dream is becoming reality and I want to thank
you Moha, the bottom of my heart for your support and patience.

You are the reason we are still "alive".
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