Life is a journey........no shit. Really,how many times have we heard that? I agree that it may seem like a stale fact, but the more I dissect it, the more I realize how much truth it holds.
I feel like life isn't just a journey as a whole, but contains many small journeys that take place during it. Journeys that give us purpose, that end in the exact opposite way we didn't want them to, or that make us realize what we truly need. Then there are the journeys that aren't finished. This does happen often. We hit emotional walls during our paths, and are unable to ignore them and keep going. Outside forces, people, and events unexpectedly end them. We may start one, and realize that although we had good intent, we just didn't have it in us to complete it at a particular point in our lives.
In the beginning, you are so motivated, ready to give it your all, you have such good intent. Towards the middle, you slack, take a break, get tired. In the end, you give up, meet your lowest points, and can't even fathom how to begin again. And then you do. I wish the beginning period could last forever. That is the period of hope, of determination. Anything is possible when you start. Nothing has been tainted, or ruined. Once again, you give yourself clean slate. I personally have had a shit-load of beginnings within myself. I wish I didn't, because I'm sure it's unhealthy, but these beginnings are collectively one of the the only things keeping me from giving up on myself. I'm hoping that one day I'll be able to tackle things in a more stable way, but maybe this is just being young. Maybe it's hard to finish things when we still don't know exactly what we want. We get distracted, we keep our options open, we switch from one thing to another. It probably wasn't the best decision at the time, but, it's what we do. If we were all able to start and finish things in a concise manner, obviously our high school days would be a lot easier. And a lot more predictable. That isn't what we want though. If everything was so routine and dependable, we would learn absolutely nothing.
Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.
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