INSPIRATION

The miles and the years stretch ahead of me.
They turn and twist ahead of me, shaking my confidence, Destroying it.
I see the valleys and deserts down the road and I decide not to go on. I lose myself in trying to hide. I try to find my way out of the desert but all my efforts prove to be futile. This begins to make me angry because I’m getting nowhere.

I have always thought that the battle belongs to the strong and the race to the swift. I ask myself, “is this all there is to life?” And something within me says, “surely, there must be more than this.”
So, how do I find the more?

I cry and start seeking and searching. The master maker says, “look deep within you. It’s all there. The way out of the desert is in you and I know I have put it in you.” I turn my eyes inward and to my surprise, it’s all there. The map lies there clearly.
Dreams that I have never dreamed before, and I must dream them.
There within me lies creativity that I have never used and must use to create.
There are thoughts that I have never thought and must think to bring the change I desire.
The map shows me roads I have never trodden and must tread to get to my destiny.

I must run the race with the new me and run to win, not to be disqualified.
The desert was never meant for me. I leave and step out to face the valleys only to find that they weren’t even deep. The dessert has many oases to be refreshed from. The roads are not twisted, it was all just in my mind.
Now that I have found treasure, I must empty myself and contribute to this world’s riches and not the grave. What I thought was doom and gloom has turned out to be milk and honey.