"Que sera sera" is the world of dreams beyond the narrow confines of young adulthood - an unescapable stage in one's life where parental supervision limits the wildness of the mind from seeking adventures beyond what is considered attainable. A small town girl opens her wings and soars the heights of the sky for an unknown destination where dreams could turn into reality. "Que sera sera" is an act of daring, a plunge into uncertainty, a leap of faith with nothing more than one's belief in oneself. To be young and reckless in the name of adventure and growing up is life's biggest gift to those who believe that everything is possible and that "if there's a will, there's a way". Countless people have succeeded in overcoming limited spaces and resources. Think how many great technologies were conceived in humble college dormitories. And look at how Facebook has revolutionised social media.
How can one be young forever so that new discoveries in life, new meanings could continue despite setbacks. Dreaming as well as living is not one fluid movement like the river. When one is alone, there's no stopping one's search for something or someone. But family, career and relationships create a new dimension in one's search for life's meanings not just for one's self but with loved ones. Growing older helps to create a clearer view of life's destination and how best to navigate to get there.
What happens when the river flow takes a bend? Dreams are broken because relationships fall by the wayside and the dreamer may or may not accept to wake up and take the consequence. There are some who find failures easier to deal with by going along with the main current rather than finding some small outlet where life can find a new meaning that is different from the rest of the world.
How difficult would it be to live in both dream and reality after many moons and river bends? Is there something like middle age romance with life where time is no longer of essence, where a happening continues without interruptions and where love redefines time according to moments of happiness. The truest meaning of life comes from losing more than once and finding at the very end of the river flow just before joining the ocean, a steady skipper to sail a boat and hold one's hand when the sea goes rough. #
To follow your "train of thought" life is like a meandering river, and it's how you navigate it successfully reach your destination that makes the ride all worth it. Sometimes it takes a while to get where to want to be; if you have an idea at all where you're headed. You get waylaid, lost in rough waters but you "soldier" on until you reach safer shores. Some mixed metaphors here but you know what I mean. It is the journey, not just the destination, that is the essence of life.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree better! The journey not the destination is the essence of life. But we don't know the many destinations there are that's open to us. We think sometimes that we know where we want to go, but then something happens and that one destination is suddenly gone. Yet the journey continues and so does life.
ReplyDeleteGreat text! It's the journey, I agree, but also how you arrive. It matter little where you arrive, compared to HOW you arrive, WHAT you choose to see or succeed in seeing when you arrive... if ever one arrives anywhere! It's a long journey, by any account, and some would say never ending.
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