Molehill?

They say you shouldn't make a mountain out of a molehill. But mountains are there so we can learn how to climb. So you would think that mountains would be better than molehills, right?

A molehill is just a speedbump, if you go fast enough, you don't even notice it. Mountains, however, are not so easy to skim over. You go fast enough, and you crash headlong into them and do a lot of damage.

But if you go too slow, you really feel the effects of the molehill. That may even do a little damage. And if you go too slow, you won't ever even get to the mountains.

So which is preferable? The molehill? Or the mountain?

Or is it all perspective?