It was breathtaking. The red rock extended upward, gracing the sky with its edged tip; its sides dotted with green shrubs and trees. A large white truck drove past, however its huge size was completely dwarfed just by the base of the mountain alone. There are times when a person can feel on top of the world; that there’s nothing bigger. However, watching that mountain and everything it towered over made me feel almost insignificant.
Whenever I saw a mountain, or even a hill, I never stopped to think or appreciate it. But when I actually took time to realize and understand the true beauty of its magnitude, it was incredible. Everything within reach of its very shadow was so minute; even things that we normally think of as quite large, such as a tree or the white truck that drove by.
Not only was its size remarkable, but the fact that it took thousands of years for it to take on the form it now possesses. Each rock and crevice has taken centuries to be sculpted, but it is not, and never will be, finished with its artistry. Ten, twenty, or even a hundred years from now, it will still be changing, shifting, altering; never satisfied for even a moment, and always finding ways to improve. We can come back year after year; finding new additions such as trees or shrubs, and even find a rockslide changed the look of the cliff completely.
It stands tall, reaching upward to embrace the clear blue sky. Silent and proud, the immense mountain will never remain the same, always changing, shifting, and altering…
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