Gradient Descent: Taking a Different View

I had my first encounter with the Gradient Descent algorithm when I was learning about Linear Regression for the very first time. I devoured information about Gradient Descent as much as I could. Scouring through the internet looking for an explanation that would satisfy me. The most common explanation I found was analogous to the "going downhill on a cliff" experience. While this was really intuitive and easily comprehensible.