Sunday, July 25, 2010

This Path Splits Many Ways

To you: I don't want to pretend that I have all the answers, because I don't. I just hope you'll come out of the dark place you're in now, and see the light again.


Four-way crossings, forks in the road, a "t" intersection; so many of these dot the paths we walk.
They taunt relentlessly, knowing that we can only go one way.
By our age, we're all intimately familiar with them already,
and know how it feels to wonder what things would've been.

This is most prevalent when we consider potentially life-altering events.
We think about our post-secondary decisions. "Was it the right program? Right school?"
We wonder about our job prospects. "What if I had accepted this offer and declined that one?"
We dream about the possible lovers. "Should I have kissed her earlier? Would things be different?"

But realize that every moment is life-altering. Anything, anywhere, changes the face of the earth; and the existence of every moment is fleeting. Will you concern yourself with ever micro-aspect of life? Will you allow worry and anxiety to overcome you with paralysis?

This is the adventure we embark on. A world that we cannot fully control, with forces that play cards for and against. This is a place where you should trust that the right road is the one you're walking on now, and where you can believe in yourself when the moment calls. This is life.

So it doesn't matter what you've done, stop regretting everything, since here you are...the cumulation of every good and bad event.

The important thing is, you are here.