Imagine you're in a boat sailing down a long river.
At the start of the journey at the top of the mountain the river is just a trickle, following the path is easy; the stream is slow and all you have to do is stay in the boat and follow it. Over time the river gets a bit wider, you have to navigate to stay in the middle and keep on track. Eventually other streams join your stream, these new streams have all come from different places and the water may be a bit different, but your paths cross and now you are in the river together. As the river grows bigger still there's some rapids. You have to manage to stay in your boat to get over these rapids and also ensure that the others get over the rapids.
Overcoming these problems, eventually you meet the sea, a vast ocean of opportunities. Which way to go?
I'm not someone who finds making decisions easy. I like being at the top of the stream, where all you have to do is follow it. Once other people join your life you have to work out how to get on together; the problem with this... not everybody is genetically programmed to get along. We have to try our best to accommodate for other peoples needs, respect their weaknesses and not expect to be the same person. However I think one of the ways to get over something is just to do it, dive in at the deep end, stick your feet over the edge of the boat...
Life also isn't going to be plain sailing, sometimes the water gets a little bumpy. These are the times that will be hard, but can be overcome with PERSEVERANCE and PATIENCE. (Things I am working on). These bumps need to be overcome, and will be. After all, what goes up must come down.
Eventually the river leads to the sea which is a vast body of the water but the same as what you have been sailing in from the beginning of your journey. The opportunities here are endless...which way to go? How far out do you go? Do you go alone or bring someone you've met along the way? Or do you stay on the edge of the river with what you already know? If you step out of the boat do you sink or swim?
