alykitty
Bluelighter
As I was walking one day, thru this journey we call life, I ran into an old man. I asked him where he was going...he didn't reply..I asked him where he had been...still no reply.. So, I stood there next to him and looked further down the long, twisted path from which I had just came, thinking to myself about the different things I would have done along the way to make the journey easier or less rugged, if I had to walk it over again... In mid thought, as if he were peering in at my thoughts, the man looked at me and said one simple thing.."think not of the path you have already taken, but of the one you are heading towards"...the man then continued on his way...I stood there a bit longer and then realized that I better keep moving...as I walked the man's words played continuously thru my head...I came then, to a woman who was on her knees, head in hand, weeping...when I approached her she asked me where I was going..I said nothing...she then asked where I had been..still, I said nothing...she continued to cry and tell me about the troubles that this cruel world has thrown her way and about the hope that was lost inside of her...and as she talked of her despair and worries all I could think to say was, "think not of the path you have already taken, but of the one you are heading towards"....I continued on my way, swimming in the sea of thoughts that had so rapidly overtaken my mind...I don't want to be the woman with all loss of hope drowning in my own despair and self pitty... I don't want to be the old man who has no stories about his life, where he had been, what he had seen, learned, or feared....I wanna be the woman that has thought about the path that she is heading...the woman who's path was less disrupted by obstacles..the woman who's future looks bright and full of life.. the woman who gathered information and learned from every experience she ever incountered and the one who taught herself to swim out of those depts of despair this cruel world seems to drop us in from time to time....So, as I continue on this path, these path's, of my life I'll continue to remind myself of the old mans words and keep my eyes on the road ahead...and I would like to advise you all to do the same...
**the past is the past..take it as a learning experience and NEVER let it be a negative influence on the path ahead of you**
***I wrote this in my head the other night after dreaming of my gradfather that has long since passed, just thought I'd put it here to share with the rest of the class....
[This message has been edited by alykitty (edited 10 September 2001).]
**the past is the past..take it as a learning experience and NEVER let it be a negative influence on the path ahead of you**
***I wrote this in my head the other night after dreaming of my gradfather that has long since passed, just thought I'd put it here to share with the rest of the class....
[This message has been edited by alykitty (edited 10 September 2001).]
