a climber's mantra

Today was a milestone; I completed my first multi-pitch and I feel a renewed inspiration towards climbing again. It wasn't a particularly difficult route and I should have flashed it easily and yet there were spots that nearly defeated me. As I hung there, I felt so incompetent like I was a newbie all over again but isn't that what climbing is about? You must overcome the challenge in your mind first otherwise you're just another fish floundering about on the wall and you might as well not have gone climbing in the first place.

Mind over body.