How to Almost Fall off a Cliff and Fall to your Tragic Death

Cliffs are meant for climbing, and of course the occasional slips and falls will happen. I’d like to think of a cliff as a metaphor for life. The only way to make some progress in life sometimes is to take that leap and hope you land in a better place than you were before.

As for me, I’ve never felt happier about life, as cynical as I remain about all the evils in the world that plague our everyday society.

I promised myself that the “autumn” season of the four seasons project would usher in a new wave of memories that I hope will last forever in my heart. Having started the new RKMS school year as optimistically as possible, I have cultivated strong relationships with students and staff alike to hopefully create a better year than how last year ultimately turned out.

As for cliff climbing all the “cliffs”, both physical and metaphorical, climbed this year have fortunately landed me in a better place. Here are some concrete examples:

1. My progress towards achievement of a half marathon are getting higher as I push myself to run more and more around Alhambra and Garbage Grove. With my peak now at 8 miles and holding steady for the past couple of weeks or so, I will slowly build up to that 13 mile peak of my journey.
2. Sure it might be an “indoor cliff”, but I actually went rock climbing for the first time ever after years of hesitation, and thoroughly enjoyed my experiences. Taking that leap “down” after climbing is a bit daunting though in my professional opinion.
3. As I continue my hiking adventures, I hope to continue to push myself towards higher peaks. Although Yosemite Half Dome remains the hardest one I’ve done so far, I did enjoy Wisdom Tree, Cahuenga Peak, and Mount Lee today, culminating in a nice view of the Downtown Los Angeles Smog-Line and back of the Hollywood Sign.
4. The best kind of cliffs to climb and jump off of are the ones in real life though, where you will risk everything to gain the world (which I did) – and I hope to continue to do so as a proud American boy living in the United States of America. God bless America!