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The Art of Ascending


                                                           The Art of Ascending

We’ve all heard the story of the infamous donkey who’s owner assumed him to be finished after falling into a ditch and then decided with the help of neighbors/friends to just go ahead and burry him alive by throwing stones upon him. Then, that donkey uses those very stones intended to bury him to rise out of the ditch before their very eyes. Or at least you’ve heard a story with a really similar message. Perhaps it was the turtle who slowly yet steadily won the race against the hare who without even realizing got behind while taunting the turtle the entire time for being “faster than him.” Maybe it was a story as simple as that little, blue engine who was determined & successfully made it up that steep mountain he wasn’t supposed to be able to by merely affirming “I think I can” until it was actually done! Regardless of the exact story you were told or where you are in the universe at some point in your life you were introduced to some story of one facing adversity, exceeding expectations and gaining dignity/honor by harnessing their will within. So, ultimately they not only overcome obstacles, they achieve the perceived “impossible” and consequently rise to a higher level of honor. These stories are actually stories of ascending…and the art of it. See these stories exhibit how ascending must be done gracefully & gradually without others even realizing that it’s happening. All they know is last they saw/knew of you, you were down and the next you you’re up. They fail to realize you were actually rising up the entire time you were “down”. That’s what makes it ascending rather than just overcoming/defeating the odds. Ascending is a gentle masterpiece for the viewer yet a piece of work for the ascendant.


“They start coming and I start rising, it must be surprising, I’m just surmising. I win thrive, soar, higher, higher, higher more, more fire!”

-Nicki Minaj

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