So because Joshua Radin is so inspiring to me I'd like to continue the musings on the tracks of life...and how being 'on' or 'off' track affects us all...thus, Week 17: Free Me.
I took this photograph of train tracks here in my hometown on a lovely, sunshiny afternoon. Gorgeous crunchy leaves sandwiched between rough wood and shining, warm metal gleaming in the light...
Which made me think...what happens when life is 'on' the tracks? Lovely sunshine...Gorgeous nature...Still some rough spots...Gleaming, shining light reflected in life...
And what happens when life is 'off' track? Well, my life has wandered 'off' track...and, it has been ripped off its tracks. What happened? The sunshine was still as bright....Nature remained gorgeous...There were some rough spots...And eventually, gleaming, shining light pierced the darkness and gave me life...
I cannot minimize or discount the effects of life being 'off' track...There are definitely penalties that cannot be mitigated...Emptiness still rattles in the absence. Wounds still need healing...
But at the end of the day, I can say this: I am free. My life may not have turned out the way I imagined it would've. I've dealt with some things that I thought I couldn't survive. I've seen dreams shattered. I've seen parts of my life shrivel and die. But it's my life...and it's a free life.
Free to love. Free to feel. Free to hurt. Free to cry. Free to grow. Free to learn. Free to be. Free me.
5 comments:
1. I am the first to leave a comment! Hooray!
2. runaway train never coming back ... wrong way on a one way track..... A song by Soul Asylum.
3. I relate.
ps I believe I know where this was taken...
Yes, My Little Wasabi Pea~
I believe you DO know where this was taken. ;0)
And soon we can go there together!
Absolutely cannot wait!!
Heart you.
Friend, this was comforting for me this week. Kinda makes me feel free to 'be'. Love you.
Elle
I can see influence of asian peeping in the ground back!!!
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