At the Crossroads

 At the Crossroad

We all eventually come to points in our life where we have to make the kinds of decisions that can and will change life as you know it forever. I think that this usually only happens to some people once or twice in a lifetime. For others, like me, it happens over and over again. How do you know which way to go? As those roads intersect, sometimes your choices are clear, and sometimes all directions are unclear. 

I firmly believe in "No Regrets", but also sometimes often wonder how things on a different path might have been. I mean that is only human nature. As these last years have brought with them so much change, I have constantly found my self standing at the cross road trying to decide which way to go. I sometimes stand and review my choices and think them through as much as possible, and at other times I find my self making reckless decisions. Either way I always try to remember that who you are stems from who you where. So I look back and I remember. I remember my life page by page, chapter by chapter and book by book, and I smile. I smile, because I realize that my story is a long one, filled with trials and tribulations, filled with love and hurt, filled with all of the people that have helped write my story. I smile because I realize that I carry with me secrets of life that some people will never know. I smile because I realize that only the people that are unafraid to live life and experience it will find themselves time and time again at the Cross Road. I smile because I know beyond a shadow of a doubt, that only those who can tread on the roads riddled with pain, will ever really understand why it is necessary. I smile, because I know that if you don't take a chance and walk the road less traveled some times, then your life will be filled with the mundane, and that, is a fate I could never stand. So the next time that you find yourself at a cross road remember that although some roads look less traveled and a little harder to walk be brave, stand tall, and know that sometimes the best things in life are achieved through hard work, passion and perseverance.

"Never let your fears stand in the way of your dreams!" 

Love & Luck to you all!!

~MJ SCHWEIKER~