Weird title? Who wishes for crossroads right…well read on if you please.
So there I was.Back in my rut.Not really bored but not really content.I waited for the next change in my life eagerly.You know those old ladies who sit around and blabber , that blabber which years later is called by a new name, proverb? Well next time LISTEN to the blabber. One such blabber that I have never bothered to heed is “be careful what you wish for…you might actually get it.”
So now instead of going straight to the facts and laying out what it is EXACTLY that has troubled me, I {as is habit} will take the abstract route. :D
Right.
So what do you do when you get to cross roads in life? And what do you do when life asks you a more complex question than “what do you do when you get to crossroads in life?”? Ok I know this is a little too abstract even for me.To put it more simply, what if life doesn’t ask you ,do you want to go left or right.But instead your conversation with life goes like
Life:-“So you have been walking this path for sometime now eh?how’s that working out for you”
You:-“hmmm not so bad…not so good…why did you have something else in mind?”
Life:-“Wellll…There IS this Fork coming up ahead on the road.Looks interesting.You might miss it unless you look out for it.”
You:-”thanks for the heads up buddy.I Owe you one”
So whistling you walk along , keeping a keen lookout for this other road.Little did you know that life has a wicked sense of humor.
Suddenly out of the fog you notice a fork in the road. As you turn from your path to look at this new road, the fog clears a little. You realize that this new road Does seem interesting. You are about to decided whether to go ahead or not when you happen to see another path forking out this path. And a little while later another path appears.You stop.Confused.You close your eyes to stop more roads from appearing.
Your task is SO much more difficult now. How do you decide which road to take when all the roads look the same! This suddenly seemed like the “which door has the jackpot?” problem.
Now this is where Life’s cheekiness comes into the picture. IF only you had been left alone to meander down the path, you would not have noticed so many paths and hence would not have known that you were missing out on anything.
Now you could just randomly pick one of these roads and either hit the jackpot or end up with nothing. And If You DO end up with the jackpot {nah….it never ends at the jackpot, but only always at the promise of one …sooo moot point}.And if you end up with nothing you will feel miserable thinking of all the other roads you could have chosen.
Now you could also stay on the same path. But the memory of the other roads with the promise of a jackpot at the end will make this path bitter. So nothing you achieve will be able to compete with the ““what if” I had traveled down one of THOSE golden roads?”
Now believe it or not I am at that junction in my life. Wishing I had never wished for change. Wishing I had Left or right instead of, 10deg 30deg 59deg…oh you get the picture.
Will I decide to stick to the trodden path? OR will I follow one of the other roads hoping it leads to the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? I don’t know.
LIFE! I will get back at you for this! You prankster!!
