Crossroads

Do you ever notice how when life seems to be the most difficult there always seems to be more crossroads? Life is a journey filled with forks in the road, constant decisions, unending choices. There have been times, difficult times, when the crossroads were limited-it was either one way or the other but most of the time it seems there are more choices than maybe we can even see.
When thinking about life's choices I get a mental picture of a vein and how it just continues to branch off one and then another and on and on and on. So many routes to so many destinations that lead to so many endings. Unlike a vein though I have to believe that the crossroads sometimes lead to another path, this path I would like to refer to as second chances. Maybe you were on a particular path and made the wrong choice, we're human-we make mistakes, I have to believe that these intersecting crossroads lead back to the place we need to be or should have been before the bad choice, a second chance. We need to keep in mind, the shortest distance between two points is a straight line.
So how many straight lines do you see in a vein? I said that to say this, if you made a wrong choice keep in mind that it may take awhile to get back to where you need to be. Your alternate route or detour if you will is never as short as the original route. Experience tells me it is a slower, longer route but it eventually does get us back to where we were going--providing we don't make another wrong decision. Crap!, another crossroad, another bad choice....on the long route again. Yes I, as you, get frustrated not knowing where I am going sometimes, the lost feeling. Sometimes it pays us to stand still, take a deep breath-take another look at the map. Oh, that's right- life didn't come with a map or directions..no wonder I keep making questionable turns. Life-crossroads, so many choices-so few choices. Rough terrain, rocky soil, loose rocks, cliff edges, rain, wind, storms, mountains, deserts, valleys, cross road after crossroad. It is a vicious cycle and none are exempt. We all have our own journey, do you know your destination?

Keeponkeepin'on



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