~:[CH11 - Day 18]:~ Who Will We Become?

 
~:[CH11 - Day 18]:~ Who Will We Become?

This picture is from two years and one week ago. I was roaming the streets in Aubervilliers supporting Jae and his group. By the time this trip was over, I would have seen them in four different countries. At this point in my life, it was no surprise to anyone that I was off in Europe for a bit, as I was a pseudo-nomad always off somewhere in the world. This was the peak and like many others, I crashed into the wall that seemingly took away two years of our lives. I knew who I was and where I was headed like many others and the pandemic knocked me off course a bit. I figured things out, but I know that so much has changed due to the past two years. I grew apart from some, grew closer to others and did some soul searching. I picked this image because just like my journey, others had the same. For some, it was an amazing two years and others the most challenging they will ever face. As we move forward, we do so without a loved one, with a new job or none at all, bills or profits from the volatile crypto and stock markets. For all of us, we are different people from who we were two years ago. The bad thing is, we've been knocked off track, the good thing? We now have an opportunity to wipe the slate clean and figure out who we will become with a cleared mind and hopefully a better sense of direction. Even if we were in the groove before, who knows if we were headed in a direction that was right for us. No matter what "successes" or "failures" await us however, there is one person we can all become, someone who loves, cares and supports those around them. I thing on average, I have sensed that these challenging times have left people more pessimistic, more angry and more on edge, and I hope that we can adjust ourselves just a bit before we take that next step forward in a direction where we can be more positive, hopeful, and supportive. The past few days I've been able to reflect a bit more and figured out some changes I hope to make and I hope that we all can do the same. As while in our lives mistakes will be made, hopefully we can become people who learn and grow to avoid some of the pitfalls that we've fallen victim too over these challenging times. We've arrived at the fork in the road that diverge into the woods ahead of us that Robert Frost wrote about and the question is where will we go, as that will help decide who we will become. My only hope is that we can stride confidently into the days ahead and with each step, get closer to the amazing person we want to become. It may be difficult to overcome the strain and anxiety of these challenging times, but before you know it, once again we can be roaming the streets of some unnamed city rocking out the tunes of the band we'd travel the world for. For each of us, this moment will be different, but for all of us, reaching this moment is possible. Who will you become? I hope today, we all can take that first step ...