Stay the course

We all have them. This time of coming to a fork in the road (metaphorically) and deciding which path is the best for us. I've come to that path in the last couple months, and as much as I sometimes want to take it off road down to the low route, we must stick with our initial intentions and follow through. Though this path you have chosen can be a bit questionable, scary, and unknown, something instinctual told you to do it. This intuitive nature you feel could be simple conscious, God (if you're religious), or just simple as your heart and gut. Now, yes, such a cheesy statement is follow your heart, but it can't be more true in sense. Sometimes your heart wants to do exactly opposite what your brain wants to do, but you'll be fine in the long run. Remember, your brain is the one giving the idea that that last shot would be a good idea on Friday night, which inevitably leads to a toilet of your previous dinner, and a nice sad morning of depression and throbbing headache. Don't do it. Your heart generally seems to be the best bet in creating some inertia in your current actions. For someone like me, up and leaving a city after a year instead of the estimated goal of 5 years, was me following my heart. Not many people understood, but in the end its your heart, not theirs, and it doesn't really matter. You must live with the consequences of that decision, not them. Also having to say goodbye to someone that you care about. Always tough, nothing I say on this blog gives any remedy. Only your watch holds that. You think following your heart is following that person that has your heart, but in reality, its still yours, and you control how much control someone has on steering it. Again, be true to yourself, and do what is the best for you to be better. In everything I've dealt with in the last couple months has given me this realization, be the best person I can be. Not for anyone else necessarily, just because I want to be able to lay down at night knowing I bring positivity to this life. I sort of came up with this thought the other day, that your brain is only so big, and can only hold so much memory. Fill it with good memory, instead of wasting space on the bad. Step 1 to helping you keep that frown turned upside down. Second, your heart is only so big, why waste space on hatred when you can love so much more. At the end of the day, love yourself the most, because that is one person you can never part from. Sorry, thats the cards you were dealt, so be a beacon of some sort of good that will draw people in. It really isn't that hard. You hate your job? Turn that into how much you love that drive home from work and having your life. You are angry at your ex? Turn that into happiness of the good you had with them at that point in your life, and generally will teach you to love the right one so much more. Bottom line, we all feel lost at a point. But trust me, no matter how many tempting signs come along on this road you're on right now to turn back or take a detour, keep your pedal down, mind focused, and face smiling, because there is way more light at the end of this tunnel.