Walking along the paved wide road that I had always been walking on, I had begun to think about where I was really heading to. As I sauntered along absent-mindedly, I came to a small opening in the woods. It beckoned to me.
I dont really know where my destiny lies and I have only a hazy picture of what it looks like. I dont know if it exists at all. It seemed for a while that this narrow path through the woods might lead me there. I asked a few passers-by about it. With a scared look on their faces, they warned me not to go there. For my own safety. No one seemed to be going there. It looked like it had been ages since someone took that path.
I waited at that spot, contemplating, trying to make a decision and failing again and again. I was scared of the dangers that might be lurking there.
And while I was lost in my confusion, the tide of people walking on this road took me along with them. For fear that I'll get left behind to a lonely starvation, I walked on.
As I continue to walk, my pace falling, I keep thinking about that opening. I walk at the edge of the wide paved road... in the hope that I will go into the woods at some point...
Have you ever wondered where you're walking?
Update: I wrote this long time back and dont relate so much with it now. My perception has changed.
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yes, i have
wondered sometimes if i'm so caught in the journey that i lose sight of where i meant to go... but then till you don't raise your eyes from the place you aim to reach you can't really see higher ground. you've got to take the path as it comes and, as you said, as it beckons. you'll know if its meant to be traversed by you, as well, there will be a sense of familiarity or friendliness even in its abandoned-ness...
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