Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb, that’s where the fruit is.
-- T. Burton

Imagine that the treasure you want, the opportunity of a lifetime, is at the end of the road, but the road is full of dips and bends, valleys and mountains, and cracks and gaps. Along the road toward your prize, you are likely to experience forks in the road that are both appealing and complicated, and you’ll come upon road blocks that seem as long as the Great Wall of China but only as thick as the skin you wear. You may step in a sinkhole here or there that cripples your efforts, be thrown off your path by errant drivers, and, on occasion, you might get so tired, bored, and fed up from your trip, you may decide to just give up and look to another goal.

Imagine that you do decide to travel each dip, bend, valley, mountain, fork, road block and sinkhole, and at each juncture, you find your trek more difficult. But you also find that as you progress along your path, you become stronger and begin to get pieces of ammo not only necessary for making each leg of the journey meaningful and irreplaceable, but for appreciating and caring for that treasure at the end of the long, tough road. You place what you get and learn in the armory of your brain and pull them out as necessary. And what you get along the way, nobody can take from you nor can it be left behind.

Imagine that some days of moving toward your opportunity are slower than others or some days you want the world to stop it’s moving so fast. Some days you may be afraid to take another step for fear it’s the wrong one and you’ll get stuck or grow stagnant. Other days, you know without a doubt you’re moving in the right and righteous direction.

Imagine that to get to the treasure at the end of the road, you must meet the challenges along the way and follow the road in its entirety no matter the conditions. You wouldn’t have to do it alone, God the pilot will usher you there. All you need to remember is that everything on the road, no matter what or who it is, is in your path to equip you for handling the journey on the way and glory at the end.
Sadiqqa © 2007