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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

"Directions" by ARK

Where am I headed?  Where are you headed?

What’s the point of doing everything we’re doing now?

What is this road we’re taking, where is it leading us, and why is it taking us there?



Nobody can see the future, and therefore, nobody could ever answer those questions. But they say we are the ones who build our futures. That, I could say is real. Truth is there is no road. Or at least, it’s not yet finished. The road we are taking is not complete. The direction we are following is not permanent. It’s under construction…it’s under our construction.

I say, we must be careful where we lay our cement. We should take notice of the path we our creating. We must plan our actions so that we may reach our so-called “futures”.

I read once that a person may live different lives. The future we have is varied, and it all depends on what choices we make and what decisions we stick to.

We are the only ones who can answer those questions above: Where do you want to go? What are you doing now? What is it for? How will it help your future? How well are you building that road?

Another confusing fact: There is no destination. There is no definite time or place where we can say: “I’ve reached my destination.”Even at life’s end, we do not know what lies ahead. We can never tell which “the end” is. Even if you reach your dreams, you will still begin to want something else. That’s human life.

I think what truly matters is where we want to be at this very moment. Here I am blogging. This is what I want to so right now. Later, I will probably watch Dev as he plays with his new Playstation. That is the near-future for me. About long-term goals, I guess I will stick to what I have been doing for quite some time: studying. That has been my life’s direction for a while.

As for VERY long-term goals…I do have plans. But circumstances change…life itself changes. Opportunities for me would constantly be coming and going. I will try to catch up with them, thus changing the direction of my destiny. To say it simply: I know where I want to go, and I have an idea how to get there. But what matters to me now is making the most of my journey, and opening myself up to change.
I have met a lot of people (for I have always been interested in people.) and have seen visions of their directions.

Some are determined to reach what they’ve been working on for years.

Some are unsure of where they want to go.

Some are on a certain track, but does not really enjoy being there.

Some used to be uncomfortable with where they stood, but have learned to love it.

Sometimes when I come across strangers in sidewalks, I think to myself: “so many faces, so many names, so many stories…” I can’t quite believe how well our roads overlap. We come across people whose direction is so clear that we decide to follow it.

But we must remember that we are on Earth for a reason. We live for a special purpose. It is up to us to find what that is.

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