There might be a beautiful sunset there.
Or there may not be. It's still perfectly okay.
I like to go on bike rides in the evening sometimes when the sun is setting. I'll ride as far away as I can from the sun, maybe 20-40 minutes before the sun sets, and then, when I see it start to set, as fast as I can, I ride my bike to the closest view possible of the sunset. It's my time to look at everything around me, feel everything around me, and take nothing for granted. It's also exhilarating!
Today when I was doing this, I noticed something about myself. I got nervous every time I got close to a dead end. Worried, that because I didn't know if there would be another road around the corner, that people might laugh at my bad directional skills.
How silly this is, yet I've clearly been trained to do this. We all do this at points in our lives. We don't want to be seen doing something that might look foolish, when actually, what we should feel foolish about--is the fact that we feel foolish to begin with about whatever we are doing. Would you feel foolish doing it if you were on your own and no one else knew about it? There comes a point where you have to realize that it doesn't MATTER what people think. Do what makes you happy. So many of us choose to go the safe route. The one where we know people will not judge us. This is often at the sacrifice of our own happiness. Why miss out on the things that we enjoy simply because other people, usually ignorant of our intentions and quick to judge, waste their time making uninformed conclusions about us (instead of focusing on what is actually important in life--even more of a reason to not care about what those people think). As long as we aren't harming others, it really doesn't matter one flip what others have to say about what we are doing.
The most adventurous path, the path that is right for you, is not always on the road where people travel. You might end up in a valley staring at the sky for a while. Or you might end up lost, or working really hard to find yourself in a better place. Or you may take a wrong turn at a dead end. But the last thing you should be doing is worrying what others think about it. Make the life choices, and the little choices, that are going to make you the most happy. You cannot base these off of what other people think of you without sacrificing some happiness along the way. The biggest regrets are lost chances. Do you truly regret that you chose not to achieve something you did not want to do just because other people wanted you to? Priorities need to be rearranged... YOUR life is about YOUR happiness. Not others. Things you could have done to improve your life--for YOU--that you missed out on, should be your only regrets, if any. So go for it!!
(Of course, please try to be conscious and help animals, the world, and humanity while you are at it. Little choices count.)
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