Slipping on the Mountain

A person who climbs a steep mountain
is always apt to slip.

It is nothing to be surprised at if a person slips;
it is natural.

It is a steep mountain,
it is natural that you slip.

The best thing one can do is to go on after every such slip,
without losing any courage,
without allowing one's consciousness to be impressed by it;
to think that it is natural and to continue the ascent.

If he slips and then tries to go on,
he will become more sure-footed,
and will understand how to avoid slipping.