From A to B without looking back
A few years back I was in the midst of a spiritual and personal political crisis. I had a few choices ahead of me. To remain a bitter person, or to move on, press on, and accomplish my goals. While I have made plenty of mistakes—I am well on my way to accomplishing a few of them. I have probably hurt folks along the way and for this I regret. But such is life. We live and we learn. We try not to repeat the mistakes over again and we attempt to pass on a tidbit of wisdom to those who follow on after us. I’m no saint, I’m no hero. I’m just a regular guy who is seeking a few dreams. When people ask me what my point is in being involved in a “blog network”.
I merely ponder for a moment and I remember that small patch of solitude that I will return to—when this is all over. A quiet place in peaceful valley of Montana. A place all my own. It’s where I came from, and its where I will return to. And at the end of the day. I will have learned, I will have loved, and I will given it my all. That’s what matters. That’s what dreams are made of. Suprisingly that’s what this is all about. It’s a few people setting out to accomplish, and fulfill their dreams.
Maybe for once I should shut up and listen to my heart a bit more. Enough sniping. Enough weezing. What can we do to help each other along the way. Who knows we may end up being friends again. Let the worries of the daily grind float away and find a place in a quiet hollow.
There are a lot of ways to get from point A to point B. Luckily I have chosen the best path of all. It’s filled with memories, friends, enemies, sweat, tears, and best of all its all my own. I have a lot of fellow travelers. But at the end of the day. It’s me, and the open road.
And even if when I arrive at the final destination and the place that’s waiting isn’t what I expected, I will have all the memories to fall back on. Each one of them its bit of wisdom. Each one a bit to learn from. It’s about the journey not the destination.
OK, fess up, you’ve found god haven’t you
Duncan said this on March 21, 2006 5:36 am
Hell… from reading this I’d think you and I could actually be friends. It’s like you’re describing what I’ve been feeling in my personal life over the past six months or so. I fully agree with what you’re saying. It’s about the journey, about fucking things up but trying not to make the same mistakes twice and trying to be a better person after making those mistakes just once.
But as you said, in the end it’s you. Just you. This is something I realized as well.
Thanks for the inspiring post man…
p.s.: did you shoot those photographs yourself???
Marco said this on March 21, 2006 6:19 am
Duncan: God, nahh I lost my religion a long time ago. Unless religion is fishing down by the river. Shit if that’s religion I want to go to seminary.
Marco: You know in life we fuck up. And we fuck up again. And when its all said and done we have to move on and fix things. Sounds like we have a bit more in common than Firefly. And I wish I took those pics.
David said this on March 21, 2006 6:46 am
@David> if you did I’d be worshipping you as a great photographer now
Marco said this on March 21, 2006 7:28 am
nice post. Inspiring stuff.
chartreuse said this on March 21, 2006 5:37 pm
I thought it was about chicks and money. Damn my priorities are all screwed up.
Brian said this on March 22, 2006 12:26 pm
I was joking on the god thing, inspiring post, just so much….well different that what most of your readers had come to expect. The honesty thing works, and you’ve admitted to some mistakes in the past….are you sure you’re really American?
Duncan said this on March 22, 2006 11:07 pm