Imagine being asked to climb a mountain. You gaze at the snow-capped peak and you are excited to undertake the adventure. Your instructor tells you there is a reward for reaching the summit. This only fuels your desire to get on the trail.
You gather all the supplies you will need for travel and you place the burden on your back as you prepare to take the first step in your journey. You grab your walking stick and begin to take a step.
Hold on, your instructor says. I forget to mention the most important part of this journey. You can only walk in the dark and the only light you can use is a flashlight. You will also walk alone.
What? This has to be the strangest journey you have ever considered, but there is that reward waiting at the top.
So what do you do while you wait for darkness to descend? If youre smart you work to burn into your mind what that mountain looks like and you try to pick out where you need to go on your way to getting your reward.
You do this so that when darkness comes you still have a picture of the mountain even though the only thing you can see is the next step in front of you.
Each step guides you closer to...