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The Off-Beaten Path
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Why is it...? Why is it that I like to learn things the hard way?
I start out on a certain path- maybe it is random at the time, but I usually stick to something for a long time before I give up on it- in that sense at least, I am loyal. As I progress down this road I have a vision, a goal that I feel I can reach by continuing on down the road. But sometimes, I think the beacon of light from my end destination is shining so brightly that I can do nothing but squint to avoid total blindness. Ironically, squinting allows for only one thing at a time to be seen clearly, prohibiting me from seeing all the damage I'm doing to the beauty of the path because I am trampling over everything just to reach that end. I don't even realize that because of my near-blindness that I've caused myself, the damage I'm doing is changing the path- altering and distancing my goal even further.
In other cases, the path I'm traveling on is already tarnished and I've been fooled by some fasade. Yet I continue to endanger myself on this path because once again my eyes are squinted from the brightness of my desired and hopeful future. So as the scenery around me begins to crumble and fall away, revealing it's naturally dark and twisted nature, I continue to be blinded, not even seeing that I've most obviously chosen the wrong path. In order to succeed and grab hold of the future I have in mind, I must not stray and I must remember to open my eyes so that my vision may always be clear, because meaningful purpose is not enough. My journey must be realistically conscience.
