Urgency

You know how you urge someone on with all they could or should accomplish or overcome? You cheer them on as if you had money on a horse. The problem is most people give up in the face of adversity. Turns out you're doing it for your own benefit for the feeling of agency and poise. However, the recipient of such largesse may find themselves lost in the shuffle and even belittled by the positive energy. Drowning can even occur when one is too willing to brave the waves. Not everyone can do it. In fact many people can’t. If mountain climbing were so easy, there’d wouldn’t be room for all the climbers on the slopes (which btw is actually what occurs on Everest where the long lines have become one of the most perilous parts of the ascent).

read "The El" by Francis Levy, The East Hampton Star