Life

I find myself taking pause tonight to reflect upon the complexities of life. As I sit here on my deck in the cool night air sipping my French vanilla coffee and smoking a hand rolled cigarette, I look up at the stars and see them winking at me.  It is times like that that make life worthwhile. I heard a line on some TV show earlier that said life was all about figuring out who you are. That is what makes this journey so interesting. We are born basically as an empty slate. (No, I do not subscribe to the nature side of the nature vs. nurture argument, but I reside in betwixt the two).  I do believe that everyone is born with an ingrained personality, but it depends on life experiences as to whether or not that personality is allowed to show. There are those who are the best people in the world with a heart of pure gold, but they refuse to let people see it because of hardships suffered early in life. They choose to put up a wall, and will not let that wall come down.

It is through life experiences that we come to find ourselves. Even those who think they know still have their doubts every now and then. I believe that it is only when a person has completed their mission to find themselves that they can really be ready to move on. Some take their whole lives to figure this out. It is life’s way. It is what keeps life interesting. Life chooses to challenge us to make us stronger. I know it is a cliché, but those who refuse to bend to life’s course will break. It is the broken ones that we are put here to help. One way or another everyone on Earth is interconnected. It is through helping others that we learn our own way.