Climb over the mountain of doubt 攀越疑嶺

For any sort of achievement, initially, 

we have to overcome self-distrustfulness and self-skepticism.

若欲達成任何任務，

克服缺乏自信和自我懷疑的心理是當務之急。

Just as during my climb to Twin Lake solitarily

all kind of dubieties struck me along my ascent......

what if I get lost?

what if I meet a bear or a snake?

what if a sudden earthquake which blocks my way back?

這猶如我獨自攀向雙子湖之途中，

被不少的困惑、疑慮、猜測所圍攻：

萬一我迷失了方向？

萬一我遇到了熊或蛇？

萬一突如其來的地震堵住了我的回途？

I reminded myself to back to my breath

rather than rambled under the shadow of doubt

which might draw me back and make me give up 

in the middle of my path.

我提醒自己：

與其在疑慮的陰影下徘徊，

而可能導致自己半途而廢，

不如回到呼吸的當下。

As soon as I raised my awareness on my journey,

I realized I am alone in the bush but did not feel lonely.

當我在旅途上提起了正知，猛然發現

我雖然獨處但我並不孤單。

Because on my way up to the lake, I met

the sparrow that encouraged me,

the squirrel that talked a lot to me, and

countless of caring mosquitoes who were so passionate about 

my blood, of course,

I have thanked them with my gentle manners.

因為在我攀向雙子湖的路上，我得到了

麻雀的鼓勵、

喋喋不休的松鼠、和

熱切迎接但實際上迷戀我的鮮血的蚊子們。

當然，我依然溫和的謝絕他們的款待。

Accompanied by those anecdotes and beautiful scenes on the trail,

I reached my destination —— Twin Lake, eventually.

Did I climb up to the Twin Lake successfully?

In fact, I climbed over my mountain of doubt.

在這眾多軼事和自然美景的陪伴下，

我最終抵達了目的地——雙子湖。

我是否成功攀向雙子湖？

事實上，我攀越自己的疑嶺！

2017-08-12

Twin Lake