A Turtle in the Moonlight

So, sometimes I get lost. In my mind, in my life, in my spiritual walk, in my relationships; and, sometimes in just plain reality. Life is supposed to be full of experiences. Some good, others... not so good. During the bad times we are told to look at the glass as half full instead of half empty. That that little thing called optimism is what we can cling to to keep us satisfied with situations. Yet, it can be so hard to just ignore the fact that maybe the glass is half empty. The sun rises and it sets; so, to me anyhow, the glass can't always be half full. There has to be a time, if just once, that the glass is indeed half empty.

I have messed up so may things that were going right in my life, and have taken them for granted. God has been good to me lately though, and things are starting to line up like Orion's Belt (yay for cheesey stars aligned reference!). I think I may be beginning to figure out how this whole "take life one day at a time" thing works. Then again, procrastinating when it comes to homework tends to make one think about their tomorrow... Guess that better stop if I want to continue this new journey of a stress free year(s). If I were a baby turtle these situations would work out so much smoother.

When a baby sea turtle is born into this world, it is alone with no parents to help guide it to the ocean. When the turtle hatches at night, it uses the light of the moon to guide it to the frothy sea foam and, eventually, to its' awaiting parent. If we were sea turtles and had an eternal moon to shine on the path that we are supposed to take (the expressway through life if you will), we would be sailing through life with nothing but pure happiness. We would have nothing to worry about because we know that we would be taken care of.

Then again, I guess God does that for me already. I believe that we all want to be able to go through life with no problems or strife. Yet, subconciously we like the thrill, the rush, the excitement of not knowing how things will turn out. In the end we all have that path that we are supposed to take, and because we don't have someone or something specifically guiding us step by step on this path we choose to take the ways of our trials and tribulations (not that we would follow that someone or something anyway). I admit it, I like having problems sometimes or else life would be too easy, too boring, too Simple... Still, it's nice to dream of my turtle in the moonlight way of life.

Till next time; I'll be looking at the glass as half full.

Simply, Me.