An exemplum of Slackware clarity

For those who might think that Slackware is too high a mountain to
climb, and for those who don't, I'd like to share with you a story
which I once heard from a very wise teacher.

A man was living close to a mountain, and every day he was thinking,
"How would it be to climb that mountain, and what would I see on the
peak?"

So finally, the day came and the man went on the journey. Arriving at
the foot of the mountain he met the first traveller. So he asked,
"How did you get up the mountain and what did you see from the top?"
and so the traveller shared his path and also the view that he had.
But then the man was thinking, "The way that this traveller described
to me sounds very exhausting. I need to find another way to climb."

So, he continued to walk along the foot of the mountain until he met the
next traveller. So, once again he asked, "How did you climb up that
mountain and what did you see from the top?" and so again the traveller
shared his story.

Still not being determined on which direction and which way to go, the
man asked thirty more people, thirty more travellers. When he'd finished
talking to all of them, he finally made up his mind. "Now that so many
people already shared with me their paths and especially what they all
saw from the top, I don't need to climb there anymore."

It is very unfortunate that this man never went on the journey. He only
learned how other people achieved it and how they felt about their own
experiences in doing so.

Now to conclude this story, each individual needs to find a way to climb
that mountain. There is information possible to be shared with words, but
it is impossible to share the experience of clarity when you are standing
on that peak by yourself. To invest the right effort in climbing that peak
is very much what the realisation of Slackware knowledge and experience,
or achievement of personal development, is about.

I've very recently had reason to reflect on personal development regarding
Slackware. The realisation is that this story has more profound meaning to
me than it did before, and that I have not yet reached that peak, but I know
that I'm on the right path, and I will continue on my journey.

I hope that it inspires others as much as it has inspired me, and continues
to do so.