I looked up from where I was standing and saw sunlight seeping through the yellow-orange leaves of the tree. I can do this I thought to myself. I grabbed hold of a low branch and pulled myself up. I got up and sat on the branch. I took a deep breath and began to stand up. Slowly, very slowly, holding on to the trunk to keep my balance. Once I was up I grabbed another branch. Nervously i began to climb. Suddenly a squirrel scurried by I lost my footing and began slipping down. I found my foothold and continued up. I grabbed branch after branch. Going up and up. Finally i reached the top, adn looked down. I felt good. Like i had accomplished something big. But it wasn’t anything big. It was small. Just climbing a tree. Compared to the rest of my life it was very very small.