Summer lessons

So in my time as a vagabond this summer i've come to think alot about my life. Where i'm heading, who I want to become, and how i'm going to get there. you know...deep stuff. This summer's main theme for outdoor fun has been going on tons and tons of hikes. On one specific hike i noticed that a majority of the time i would watch others in my group take the normal route to get to their final destination. Usually I got bored, so I would blaze my own trail and try and find a new, more exciting way to get to the end of my crazy hike.

Sometimes I would get stuck and i couldn't go back to get on the right path because i had already gone so far into unknown territory, usually not even thinking about the consequences of what lied ahead. But i was committed and would have to find a way around to get back on the path to my journey's end. While I'd be stuck on these random "other" paths i created i would sometimes stop and watch the rest of my group go along the normal path with ease and i would think to myself, "I wish I had just taken the path and I wouldn't even be in this predicament." (visualize me stuck on some huge rock in the middle of a river while everyone else calmly walks around) But somehow i'd get through my off road excursion and make it back with the others.

So what did i learn? I learned that even though I personally don't always do things the way other people may expect, and even make things harder on myself. It's okay, because I always somehow get back on the right path anyway. I sometimes regret my actions but in the end i'm always a lot more happy with doing it my way despite how dumb it may be sometimes. I think it's what helps keep life interesting and worth living.