“The Bear Went Over the Mountain”
Did you ever hear this nursery song? It is sung to the tune, “For he’s a jolly good fellow.” Try it!
The bear went over the mountain
The bear went over the mountain
The bear went over the mountain
To see what he could see
And all that he could see
And all that he could see
Was
The other side of the mountain
The other side of the mountain
The other side of the mountain
Was all that he could see
For an explorer, a traveler, a hiker, an adventurer, or a bear like me,
“the other side of the mountain” is enough!
I think this is what I do, what my life is for. I go, I see. I conquer myself, a bit at a time. Again and again, with an insatiable hunger, I go to see that which I think isn’t me, until I see myself.
