Some feelings are difficult to describe. One of these is how a woman can make you feel.

Meeting a woman is at 3,000 meters is best.

3,000 meters will clear your senses. Unlike sea level where it’s so easy to be breezy. Less oxygen at 3,000 meters forces our senses to work harder and thus clearer. At 3,000 meters it’s not to difficult to breath, but it’s difficult enough to make us concentrate harder and pay greater attention than we would if we were at sea level.

The thing about women is that meeting her gives a man a strong desire to climb mountains for her and with her.

Meeting a woman at sea level, is rarely any good. Many have given up their desire to climb mountains because life is breezy by the sea.

Meeting someone at 3,000 meters means you’ve already experienced some of the climb and can now see more clearly the mountain waiting to be conquered.

Those you meet at sea level may be planning on taking an entirely different direction to you but those you meet at 3,000 meters are already moving in the same direction as you.

The sea level woman may be fabulously gorgeous, but her beauty is difficult to see if you decide to climb different mountains. So you both decide to stay at sea level (it’s easy and breezy at sea level anyway) and you miss seeing how she’d look as she climbs.

Believe me; the climb always accentuates woman’s beauty.

But we’re supposed to be talking about how a woman can make you feel.

You’re halfway up the mountain, you meet this woman and you both continue to climb further.

As you climb, the oxygen thins and it becomes more difficult to breath. Climbing higher, your heart and chest starts to ache – you want to stop because it hurts so much and by this stage you can hardly breathe at all. But each glimpse of that woman climbing with you only strengthens your resolution to continue climbing.

Higher again, the lack of oxygen is no longer only affecting your breathing but it isn’t getting to your brain and you struggle to think clearly. You no longer remember why you’re climbing – you only remember that this is what you want, so you still don’t give up.

You forget every desire and infatuation you’ve ever had, because you’ve never been this high before with anyone.

Pretty soon your head is in the clouds and you can no longer see where you’re going.

It becomes necessary to hold hands as you climb so you aren’t separated.

They say “there are plenty of fish in the sea” but we’re not at sea level now and if you lose her at 5,000 meters, it’s unlikely you’ll meet another who speaks the same languages. You will have to finish climbing that mountain yourself or trek down a few thousand meters.

Many of you I’m sure have experienced this and know that it’s not enjoyable.

So hold that hand.

Even though you’re struggling to breathe and your chest aches. I’ll bet she’s feeling it too, and she needs your hand just as much as you need hers.

So hold that hand!

The greatest thing about climbing is that the higher you are, the more people to rely on each other. Not only those you’re traveling with, but with the people you meet on the way; those climbing and those who live there.

It often seems to me that those at sea level are content to care only for themselves. You can’t see very far from sea level. It may seem that opportunity abounds, but you’re not seeing very far.

Mountains from sea level look small. It’s easy to leave climbing them for some other day.

There is no other day.

There is only today!

And don’t believe that you’ll climb them once you’ve met a woman. You can’t hope that someone else is going to change you. If you’re not climbing and she’s not climbing, what makes you think you’ll start now? What if they’re expecting to change because of you? They probably are. Don’t believe that you’ll be the reason someone else will change either.

Or on the other hand, there’s a woman you desire but she’s at 2,000 meters. You think “she’s out of reach”, and you’re probably right. But perhaps the only reason she’s out of reach is that she’s climbing and you ain’t. She’s put effort into getting up the mountain and it’s going to take a very interesting man to make her turn around and climb down to sea level. She’ll only come down or wait for you if she sees you climbing.

Start climbing.

The easiest way to measure how high you’ve climbed in life is by how much those around you support each other. Many measure your height by your monetary worth. But money can’t fix everything, believe me, I used to try. Many times it didn’t work.

Now I’m climbing.

I can’t breath.

My chest hurts.

My heart aches.

I can’t always see where I’m going.

Soon (I hope) I’ll be holding her hand (never to let go).

I love people who climb mountains. They generally can’t be bought. They’re not at the top yet, and they’re focussed.

And we can’t buy those once they’re at the top, for we’re still at sea level – those at the top don’t like the view from sea level any more. Maybe we’ve more money, status, fame, or whatever…

…but the view from the top, the company and the satisfaction at the top are priceless!

You won’t let yourself be bought once at the top.

This is how a woman should make a man feel.

My Loveliest Freedom,

(A letter to my ex lover - Freedom - I had to leave her when I took a full time job after freelancing for 5 years)

We’ve had a good run! I wish it could have lasted longer. Sincerely I do. This letter isn’t a palm off; please do not take it as such.

Truthfully, I love you. I really do. But you know… sometimes love just isn’t enough.

The future that is mine can no longer be sacrificed just so I can be with you indefinitely.

Our five years together will always be in my mind. Together we went so many places and did so many things that were always unusual and exciting.

And most importantly, you took care of me always - that is - as best as you know how.

And now I have something to teach you – please do not take this the wrong way, but use this to improve yourself for your future relationships.

Sometimes Freedom, you can be suffocating. And this is partially my fault as well. I was blinded by your easiness and your sensuality. I fell in love with you so badly that I sacrificed almost all I had to keep you by my side.

I also loved the attention that others would give me while we were together. Others also found you sensual and this made you even more sensual knowing that others wanted you.

A friend of mine once said that if she had you, that she would be “fully prepared to have you for life.”

To stay with you, I had to give up a lot. Now, I find that perhaps I have given up too much to keep you with me.

But I prefer to think - and I think it’s true - we have run our course and we’re both, ready for change. We are both ready for a new partner.

Though; I am certain that I will think of you often. I don’t’ flatter myself to think that you will think of me at all.

I will miss you for a very long time. For the rest of my life most probably and I never expect that I will ever have such a long affair with you again.

Perhaps from time to time we’ll have a short lived fling. But please keep it from my girlfriend. Girls detest lazy men.

You’ll forever be in my memories.

Love you,

~ Nathaniel.