I like to say life is a highway...
Not just as a random comparison, but as a very close one.
You see we go through life and sometimes we come across a crossroad, where we would have to make a decision which way to go, sometimes they’re very easy decisions to make and sometimes they’re a life or death situation and it’s a long way between both .
The point is some of those decisions can be made blindly, based on what’s best for you, what’s the right thing to do or simply what you choose to do at that moment and it might not matter, because it was a small thing along your way.
Some people may think others have it easy, but it’s never true. Every single one of us makes a decision small like choosing what to eat for breakfast, it won’t matter wither you eat a sandwich or eggs. Or big like what major should they go to in college or who’s the person to befriend or who’s the right person to marry.
Some of us are confident and independent enough to make all these choices for themselves and never have any doubts or second guesses, I admire those people.
And some find it hard to make the easiest decisions like what to buy from the mini-mart candy or chips or should I get both? Or what color should I get my prom dress red or black?
There are so many decisions to make in life and those decisions are like crossroads, because once you choose a way you can’t take it back. You’ll have to put up with the consequences of your actions, your choices. We make decisions every day, but we don’t really feel it because some of them are merely simple and unimportant.
But eventually we have to be faced by a hard one. A crossroad that’s not easy to get past or get around, one where we’ll have to make a choice which way to go right or left.
Some people could find it easy to choose which way to go right or simply left and that takes courage and confident, to be sure of what you want and always working your way to it.
Some people give up trying to choose and just stop right there in front of the crossroad, thinking of ways around it when there simply isn’t. They spend so much time in front of it that they lose so many things they could have had if they simply chose good or bad consequences, which would be much better than just being stuck halfway.
And some unfortunate ones could stop at a crossroad, turn around and simply walk away, but they would go back right where they started and then they would have to go through it all over again.
And some are like me who their roads came across other peoples. Amazing, inspiring people who helped me choose my path they didn’t tell me which way to go right or left, they just had to be there for me and that’s what they did. They were there for me when I most needed them, when I fell they would help me rise back up, when I wanted to surrender they pushed me forward and I know that our roads are meant to go separately someday and that someday would be a very painful day. To say goodbye to all those friends and people you’ve loved and always will, to start your own path and work for your future.
We all know we were meant to say goodbye, but it never makes it any easier. It’s always hard and painful, but then you’ll go to new places your road will come across other people that could be your friends, your family or even your future.
Who knows? No one has an answer to life, we all just live through it hoping to make the best of it, to do the right thing or to make the perfect decision.
But most importantly is the destination is never the point, it’s always the journey.
Did you enjoy being a teenager? Or did you go through it waiting to grow up?
Did you roll your windows down to feel the breeze along your way? Or did you sit tightly waiting to arrive at the new destination?
The journey is what matters, all those people you came across, all those people you had arguments with, all the people that proved some your theories wrong, all those who tried to help you with every possible way, all that loved even if it was just teenage, crazy acts, all those who acted crazy with you, all those who made you laugh, all those who broke your heart, all those that stood against you, all those who fought your ways, all those who judged you, all those who pushed you down, all those who pulled you back up and all those who will make you cry when it’s time to say goodbye.
My only consolations is that I met so many great people along my way, my classmates, my teachers, my Danah friends, my neighbors & everyone else I’ve come across.
Those friendships, heart breaks, sadness, sorrows, happiness, joy, laughter, tears are all the things that shaped me and helped me become who I am. My destination was set for me the day I was brought to life, but my journey is what I make of it.
And I’m happy to say that my journey so far has been overwhelming, exciting, frightening and worth fighting everyday for.
I’m blessed to have such a loving family, to have such amazing and inspiring friends. Friends that I’ll always remember as long as I live, not just because they were my friends, but because I have a small part of each and every one of them in me. Those small parts have become a part of who I am, who I’m meant to be.
