APPARENTLY, THE AVERAGE PERSON IS MAKING A MOUNTAIN OUT OF LIFE BY MINDFULLY CAUSING LIFE'S SPAN TO BE TOO STEEP TO CLIMB INSTEAD OF RELAXING AND MAKING IT SIMPLE JUST AS OUR CREATOR INTENDED IT TO BE. THE AUTHOR, BEING 88 YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME OF THIS WRITING, LIKE MOST OTHERS HAD TAKEN THE LONG WAY AROUND, THUS INNOCENTLY, MAKING LIFE APPEAR TO BE COMPLICATED. PATIENCE COULD HAVE BEEN THE ANSWER TO MANY OF HIS IMIGINARY MOUNTAINS. HE NOW UNDERSTANDS THAT REGARDLESS OF HOW WE ATTEMPT TO GUIDE OUR MINDS TO THINK, "EVERY STEP THAT WE HAVE TAKEN THROUGHOUT LIFE HAS LED US TO THE PLACE WHERE WE ARE AT THIS VERY MOMENT."