After reading "The Mountain," I began to think about the importance of accomplishing your goals. When you set a goal for yourself it is very important to accomplish it because with accomplishing success you accomplish confidence in yourself. I think that the message the mountain is trying to convey is that no matter who you are accomplishing a goal is equally important. The level of goals may be completely different but at the same time they mean the same to each person. You should never look down on someone for accomplishing a less significant task. For someone who is disabled it is much more significant to accomplish goals. Part of accomplishing goals as a disabled person is proving to people that you aren't completely different from them. It is their time to prove that they can do "normal" things eventhough it may take them longer to achieve this.
For the narrator, accomplishing the hike that she did was important for her to let everyone know that she doesn't need their pity or sympathy. She didn't want their pity she wanted them to know that she can do everything they can. It is important for a disabled person to accomplish small goals that later on turn into larger goals. It is a one step at a time kind of situation for them because they don't have all the mobility that we may have.
(Kelcey Summers 17)
Many thought-provoking observations here. Is the real issue that it takes disabled people longer to accomplish their goals, or is the issue more so that society, because of the way it is structured, makes it difficult for disabled individuals to do so?
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