The Mountain

When we are very young, we all have dreams of greatness-sometimes attainable and sometimes not. And because we are young, we have hope, and we have enjoyment in our dreams and in our hopes, sometimes without regard to the consequences of our actions-believing we are invincible. And these hopes and dreams lead us on to attempts of fulfillment. Sometimes our attempts have unforeseen consequences, and sometimes we become discouraged with failure. But dreams are important. They are the impetus that leads us forward to risk, to try, to fall and try again. And sometimes the price seems too high. But if the dream is real, one will pick up and try again-without perhaps as much hope as before, but with determination and stubbornness against the voice that says "give up, already." Only the individual decides which way to go, regardless of the price he has to pay. Nick Green's story reveals the heart of a youth who pays the price. He is on a mission-a journey which will change his life forever-no matter how it ends.