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That Far Off Glitter
That far off glitter. It was always there on the horizon, its light reflecting off your eyes. Its radiance was blinding and its message was always the same. You can make it, continue on, and keep hoping that everything will turn out alright. You're hoping for that happy ending that stories always say exists.
That ending is always there somewhere. You have to believe that it has to be.
You're standing on the edge of your world, it's the farthest away from home that you'd ever been. You just have that one last step before you enter the unknown. Then everything could change. Might this be the beginning of your grand adventure? Who could say? You certainly don't know where this path will take you. Others say that they know but do they really? This journey could change you in ways unimaginable. You may become a different person in ways which aren’t visible to others. However you know that light, that glitter will lead you on, like a carrot held before a mule's nose.
Although you now feel as though you're standing on the edge of a precipice with one foot suspended over the edge, you know that's all in your head. Your eyes open. It’s early morning, the dawning of a new better day; it seems you’ve seen this day before. You're standing on the flat slope of a hill just tall enough to let you see over the trees. The air around you is crisp and golden, illuminated by the rising sun. In the distance above the treetops you can see the lights of passing cars cutting through the morning fog. You're far enough away from the road that the noise from the vehicles is swallowed by the trees before you and you're left with calming silence.
You know that with this new day you must also make your choice. You have been asking yourself this question for months but you've been unwilling to make the decision that you know you wish to make. There is an answer you must get. But in order to get that answer you must ask a question.
Maybe in the future when you look back and one way or another you will view this day as a changing point in your life. Maybe today will change nothing, maybe it will change everything. There was no way to tell but time. But you know the last thing you want to feel when you look back is regret. Regret of an opportunity missed, regret for something that was lost. But if you never made that choice, if you never even tried, would you regret it any less? For then you would be stuck with the uncertainty, that eternal what if.
It can be tough, you know that. But you also know that it wouldn't be worth it if it were easy.