On Hands and Knees

As you walk along the path you have chosen, you come to realize that the path is not as straight or as smooth as it first appeared to be. You wonder if you have chosen the wrong road. But once chosen, you can’t change paths until you arrive at the next set of crossroads. Staying on the rough road however, enables you to come out stronger than before…more prepared for future bumps, which will inevitably appear.

The funny thing is, you wonder why those roads aren’t of the best quality…why they have bumps that seem so absolutely unbearable at times…and the potholes and cracks just seem so big…so intimidating.

But then, it really is a matter of perspective. Coming from a past with smooth, broad paths makes the deformities on the road appear even worse than they really are. But that’s how life is and will be: constant toils, troubles and difficulties to deal with…like a never ending midnight, black with no sign of any lights. We can only deal with problems in the best way we believe possible.

There come times in life when you say and do things you don’t mean, causing more potholes. Many times these fiery darts end up piercing someone else’s heart, leaving them hurt…perhaps forever scarred, as not all scars from these darts heal.

This is life. Walking along a bumpy path, while trying to dodge fiery darts that constantly seem to be flying straight at you is not an easy task; and no one should have to do it alone. In the end, the one who was with you all along the way, the one who never left your side, the one who took the fiery darts for you, is truly your friend: someone willing to go with you all the way to the end…even on hands and knees.