The Need for Change

I’ve recently reached a point in my life where I can no longer proceed on the path that got me to where I am today. While it has afforded me many great luxuries, it has taken away my ability to enjoy them. It has worn me down to a point where it has taken control of me and began pushing me through its twists and turns rather than allowing me to traverse freely. That ends today. I will walk this path only until it brings me to the next. There is much scenery to explore, and I intend to take every step forward with the childlike wonder I once possessed. 

Where this new path will take me, I’m not sure. It may take me to distant lands or perhaps highlight some hidden oasis in my own backyard. Either way, I am here for the adventure. I have many dreams which have been deferred for far too long and the only way to fix this is to act now. No longer will I wait for tomorrow to begin living my life. I will cook the food my stomach longs for, make the music my soul craves, and live the novel my hands have yet to type.

There are visions for what this future may entail. There are restaurants, cafes, bookstores, remote islands, dazzling city lights, spectacular mountain views, possibilities unfamiliar to the fear ridden maze I’ve built to keep myself safe from the unknown. Not the daydreamed fairy tales of lives better lived, but the bravery and vulnerability of inviting failure. Of opening myself up to disappointment or loss. While I’m sure there will be low times. Times where I regret leaving my safe little bubble. There will most certainly be highs I’ve never imagined possible for myself. By opening myself up to disappointment and loss, I will have open arms to grab hold of everything life has to offer. Good, bad, or otherwise.

This is the message I’m sending out to each and every person who comes across this short post. I may be gone for a while, but that seems par for the course at this point. When I return, I hope to have some wonderful stories to tell.

I wish you all a fantastic night and the rest you need for the morning to come. 

Aidan