Being lost - reply to junean

in reply to http://junean.blogspot.com/2006/05/crossroad.html

Few years ago in a not so distant past, as I lay there staring at my map feeling sorry for myself, cold, hungry and miserable, I had had to admit, against my ego, that we were lost.We had no clue of where we were but we were there, wherever that was. How could we have strayed for so long? There were no rescues, no one to worry about us. Our map told us a story that none of us had cared to listen to, and now our hearts were pounding beats that none of us cared to ignore. Many a thing happened to us in the middle of that expedition but I learnt many a great lesson that I would never have dreamt of had we not strayed:

Being lost is the most beautiful thing that can happen to us. Life is an adventure and we need to take risks if we want to grow. We need to to step out of our comfort zone, stray beyond our minds...
Unfortunately we are taught always to move towards things that are acceptable, things we might not really believe in. We ride in cars that are meant to stay only on the set roads. Roads set by others. We walk streets that are always well lit so we do not get used to the the dark. And yet the moment we step out of the road, the moment one of their bulbs go off, we are scared because we face the unknown, because we have not been prepared to face that what we know not.

Yet, being lost is the first step towards finding ourselves again, under a new light. Being lost is the beginning of an adventure, the adventure of life. Being in the dark is the first step towards finding light. Straying open our eyes upon a world hidden behind our preconceived senses.

Don’t be scared of the unknown. Don't be scared of being lost. Cherish the moment, the journey, look for it and play with it. Your heart will only grow stronger and your will, more resilent.

Be curious little girl,for the crossroads you face gives choices you cannot fail to see. And now that you are standing in middle of it all, staring at the map that used to be your life, take a chance and go there where you should not, there where you've never dreamt.

People feel lost because they always want to go 'back' to where they were, they want to find the road to the past or to what they know. But if you are not looking towards the road, rather taking every new step as one that leds somewhere, anywhere, then how can you be lost? You are lost only if want to reach some place in time. most people want to reach somewhere bt they don't know where. Travelers lose their way for they always want to go back home. Strayers and adventurers and wanderers are never lost, home is where they stand and the moment is always NOW.

Remember that once you step off the path traced by others there is no going back. If there is one thing that you cannot catch back, its time. Stop looking for your way back it does not exist anymore. Look forward. Look around. Take each breath as a new one and face your fears of the unknown, for everything is unknown only once.

I wish thee
movement in a world of flow
passion, in a world so slow
altitude, when your world goes low
so you rise
above the crows
above the crowd...
Attitude, so you know
how to be, simply you
and how and what to fight.

Carpe Diem, memento mori.