Lets NOT go off roading!...

Someone i know recently said "life is like driving on the freeway" sometimes we hit these bumps in the road but we always manage to get past them and reach our destination. Can i say i agree with this analogy? Not really. I thought a lot this weekend about what this person had said and the things i had been through in my life and i came up with my own twist on his analogy. We are all driving down the freeway, the difference is some of us choose to exit the freeway and go off-roading. We then choose to complain about the bumps in the road that we are some what at fault for happening. We make the decision to take the hard more "adventures" road instead of sticking to a more smooth sailing trip. We then dwell on the hardships putting ourselves in this "meh" emotionless rut we cant seem to pull ourselves out of. When in reality we have done this to ourselves, so we really have no right to complain about what is happening. We can exit the freeway and off road our way to our happy ending making ourselves feel like shit along the way...or...we can choose to stay on the freeway, put your best friend in the front seat of your car, blaring the music as load as it will go and just enjoy the ride. Embracing the potholes here and there because they help shape who we will become in the end, but never letting it stop us or bring us down. Because in the end the bigger picture is much more beautiful then the grey off roading we sometimes choose to see.