The long and winding road...

It's been one of those days and I feel this song sums it up perfectly...

The song's been covered by numerous artists around the world since it was first released but here's the original video with the Beatles. I feel it has a strong message (and that message is not that men should grow beards and mustaches and long hair and get Japanese girlfriends).


What I've found is...

Some days the road seems short and extremely straightforward.

Other days, like today you feel like its an awfully long road which turns and jiggles it's way along and the destination seems far off in the distance. If you turn around and look back to where you've come from ... it seems a long way away ... not that you want to return. The road is unique and nobody really understands and appreciates but you and perhaps those close to you. Why didn't you just take the highway some may think? Surely that would have been simpler. But like Robert Frost wrote in his poem:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I took the one less travelled by,
and that has made all the difference

Sometimes you just have to stop... look at the damn map and remind yourself that if you just keep going you'll get there in the end... pity the map isn't all that great and you have to draw it yourself at times, eh?

At times you just want someone to pop out on the path and pull you in... force you to be a lumberjack in the forrest, a farmer in the field, a dog walker in Beverley Hills...

Other times you don't want any help at all.

Sometimes you get to the top of a peak and you see what you think and hope is your destination but you hesitate to expect too much... its dangerous... you see what you think might be your goal and you sprint 200 meters thinking its just around the hill but ultimately the sprint may only leave you breathless, disappointed and you might lose track of the goal... so you need to keep on keeping on...

It's not that I've received any bad news today, its not like my meetings with the companies over the last weeks didn't go well... on the contrary, they have all gone very well...

but the wait, the expectations and the desire to make it to your goal some days can get the better of you...

Luckily...
the path is still there...
you still have your map...
you are in control of your goals...
you have support, shelter and supplies...
you have the ability to walk, jump, climb and move uninhibited...
and tomorrow will always come.


Don't get me wrong, I certainly don't believe that I'm the only one that is on a long and winding road... everyone has their own paths... mine might not even be the "one less travelled by"... everyone has their own challenges, obstacles and dreams...nobody's is straightforward all the time, everyone has their journey and those that I believe might be currently taking the highway might not be doing so at all... everyone has those days where they just feel like its awfully long...

Whats important is to be able to step back, put it in context and enjoy it for what it is...