intrepide:

"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry,
and see a fine picture every day of his life
in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful,
which God has implanted in the human soul."
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Everybody wants to be on the mountaintop, but if you’ll remember, mountaintops are rocky and cold. There is no growth on the top of a mountain. Sure, the view is great, but what’s a view for? A view just gives us a glimpse of our next destination-our next target. But to hit that target, we must come off the mountain, go through the valley, and begin to climb the next slope. It is in the valley that we slog through the lush grass and rich soil, learning and becoming what enables us to summit life’s next peak.  Andy Andrews (via emotional-algebra)