I think your mountain analogy is accurate, but I also think it means that these temporary, breakthrough experiences still have their place. Imagine thinking tha

I think your mountain analogy is accurate, but I also think it means that these temporary, breakthrough experiences still have their place. Imagine thinking that you could never, ever get to the top of the mountain. There's no point even trying to work up to it. Then someone takes you up in a helicopter. You see the path from above. You see other people taking it. You see the view. Then, you're dropped back into the valley. That experience gives some people a sense of hope and changes their relationship with the work.