Short Story By James DuBreeze (Author featured on Helium)

One day a stranger came to a village and he told the children of that village That on the top of a certain mountain that he knew was all the happiness That they needed. All they would have to do was to follow him and climb this mountain. The kids said yes and rushed to pack all their belongings. But the stranger said "leave all that behind kids for all that you''''''''''''''''ll need, will be AT THE TOP.

The children, stubborn as they are, refused to listen to the stranger so they packed all their things on their back. As they climbed for awhile, they started to get tired. Their packs were too heavy so they examined their things and got rid of a few things. They continued climbing and again they begin to experience great fatigue, it was getting harder to climb the mountain, they were slowed by their packs, so they reexamined it and threw away a few more things. As they were getting closer to the top, they got exhausted and could not move another step upward unless they throw away
everything in their bag pack. They deliberated for awhile and threw everything away with great regret. They then had enough strength to be "AT THE TOP" And the belongings which they had thrown out, was no longer a regret but instead a relief, one that signified new beginnings, new ideas and better relations.

Every human being needs inspiration to improve the quality of his or her life. And if I have inspired you, I''''''''''''''''m grateful for that. But nonetheless, we need to know that we can get a piece of the apple pie of life. If we do not have this then life on this planet becomes a desolate one, a life of no hope. There are many people who could help bring this inspirational thought to the world, but they are too engrossed in their own greedy and selfish needs. Millions of people in this world are educationally ignorant and therefore are controlled and manipulated by a number of power hungry leaders. If the people of the world could get a little knowledge on how to organize themselves; they could overthrow these uncaring leaders.

Sometime in life, we may have to get rid of some old belief & tradition in other for us to move forward. You are the new generation, you are better than us, you are better than your forefathers. Your job in this society is to carefully examine their mistakes and make appropriate measures to make sure that you don''''''''''''''''t repeat them. On the flip side, you should never be afraid to make new mistakes, mistakes is that which we learn from. Those who are afraid to be wrong are also afraid to be right, because their fair of being wrong will always prevent them from noticing the mistakes which can help them improve themselves. So my message to the new generation is to question life to the fullest because your parents have made enough mistakes for you to correct, so please don''''''''''''''''t let your time goes to waste.

You should always strategize your ideas so that you remained "At the top" because to be there, you must live in the penthouse of "your mind". And to arrive at the penthouse, you must forever use an elevated thought.