Profound Thoughts

The musings of a young mind eager to venture out into an unforgiving and hostile world, I could still reminisce those nights spent on a tree house wide-eyed while gazing at a clear night sky mesmerized by the twinkling stars on a celestial firmament so vast it's difficult to imagine how I would fit in all of it. Looking at the past wondering what the future holds. During those nights of summer, it was my father who accompanies me as he tries to make sense of the life we had towards that future he envisions us to have. With the barrier that was time, I could only look and wonder what the stars have in store for me. In my mind, I can hear my father asking me as to how many stars I can see. I would try to count but along the way lose track so I would start counting once more to fail again and again. Sensing my frustration, he would remind me that my effort is not lost to waste for it is improbable to know exactly for that is just the way things are supposed to be. Not all questi...

Everything begins from a single step where paths are being carved towards a road the mind is set on treading. The path that I have in mind is the one where my heart shall lead. Where under the blue skies, a gentle wind would usher me to move forward. Where the verdant plains would serve as an inspiration to a life filled with bliss as everything that lives on the earthen ground open up to the heavens in constant appreciation of the days that pass basking in the warmth of the sun that never ceases to provide despite the darkness that grips the end of the day which comes with the night and the rains and storms that dampens the earth and hides the light at times. Where that road is going to lead me on whether it be towards light or darkness, through pain and misery or to a life filled with bliss and contentment is beyond me. Though one thing is certain, whatever it is that I may find in the adventure I am about to partake, the memories instilled in my journeys and sojourns will guide ...