consider this

Darrynane, Kerry Co., Ireland

I can't help but consider this. To think about where I am and where I could be; where I will be one day.

One day this will all be a memory, I'll look back and smirk at the uncertainty I felt and the curiosity that consumed me. I'll find comfort in the beauty that life carries you and tests you, challenging your values and forces you to question each dream you've dreamt and every decision you're faced with, allowing you to take the lead and write your own story.

Life happens, and regardless of the hardships, the let downs, the heart aches and the 'why me's', I can't imagine anything but a happy ending. I believe that the meaning of life is to live. To be happy. To love. To feel passionate about something; so purely and truly that it feels rooted deep within yourself. Desires are to be explored. Dreams are to be sought. We are meant to hurt, so to have the opportunity to heal. For every drawback, we walk forth with a lesson that can take us further if we allow it. It’s about playing hard and pushing forth, leaving no time to dwell, to lose focus or derail. And if we do, if we find ourselves lost in a wonderland we don't understand, it isn't the end. For as long as one holds the power to choose, to feel passion, to love, to desire and to dream, you can do anything, you hold the power to turn and face a new direction and walk with confidence towards a new destination.