At 12,000 feet, my legs were shot, my breath uneven. The summit wasn\u2019t happening, and I had made my peace with that. Almost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then, my trek leader said, \u201cYou\u2019re doing great.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I knew she said it because I needed to hear it, not because it was true. But I clung to it anyway. Like a small flame in freezing wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Later, when I stumbled into camp, someone offered me tea without asking. Another smiled and said, \u201cToday was tough, huh?\u201d Just that\u2014no judgment, no advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I pocketed it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You take positivity wherever you find it. A kind word. A shared struggle. A sip of tea after a brutal climb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some days, it\u2019s all you have. And most days, it\u2019s enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At 12,000 feet, my legs were shot, my breath uneven. The summit wasn\u2019t happening, and I had made my peace with that. Almost. Then, my trek leader said, \u201cYou\u2019re doing great.\u201d I knew she said it because I needed to hear it, not because it was true. But I clung to it anyway. Like a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2697","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-treks","7":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"vasudha","author_link":"https:\/\/ideaweb.me\/blog\/author\/vasudha\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ideaweb.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2697"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ideaweb.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ideaweb.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ideaweb.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ideaweb.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ideaweb.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2698,"href":"https:\/\/ideaweb.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2697\/revisions\/2698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ideaweb.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ideaweb.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ideaweb.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}