Often times I have missed a U turn. It is a very frustrating feeling, knowing that you will have to go an extra distance to return to the spot where you wanted to be. What if you kept missing those U turns? How many U turns can you afford to miss?
We make choices along the way. As the roads created by those choices materialize and we start travelling those paths, there are many questions asked. The easy ones often let us proceed with more rigour and confidence. These questions that we are able to answer, makes us think that the path we tread on is the right one. We build our dreams and are happy in working towards the fulfillment of them. But as always there are potholes and speed breakers.
It is interesting that we do not mind those potholes and speed bumps. We often take it in our stride and move forward. We do that perhaps because, we know where we are going to. And more importantly that is where we want be. These impediments often are nothing more than an irritation and they represent the minor obstacles in life that we come across on a daily basis.
The road created by our choice also happens to be a two way road. There is always an opposite lane. If our path is full of joy and our focus towards our goal remains unwavering, then this opposite lane is invisible. As with all choices, there are consequences. If you are notup to it, you will find pit stops. But the point being, that the pit stopsare on the opposite lane. Which means you have to take a U turn.
That is a true test of faith. Faith, not just in your choice but also in yourself. If you yield at the U turn, it does not imply that you are good or bad. It means that the choice you made was not right. Why it did not turn out right, is very subjective question. However, the U turns along this roads are many. It is very advisable that the first few ones are taken in case of a doubt about the choice. The further you go, the longer the U turn will be. But why are we talking about these U turns. It is because, we saw a point in the road that fell in the opposite direction that is a better option. Also because the road we are travelling is not fulfilling the dreams that we wanted to achieve. Perhaps we are afraid of the consequences (potholes and speed bumps). Guess at the end of the day, it may be because we do not have faith in our own choice.
Since I have imagined this road to be a two way road, there is another interesting point. After taking the U turn and going down the other lane, you will also find that there are other U turns now. Thesewill still let you go back to the road that you originally dreamed for yourself. Life is strange and we will do this journey back and forth, up and down, till the fuel runs dry. Till then enjoy the ride! Make your choices and hurt no one.
There are many U turns, the choice is yours to miss them.
