Ready to take a ride!

I was talking to a friend of mine late last night about the future, the present, and somewhat about the past. This person is a lot like myself in the sense that we want to know what is going to happen before it happens, we want to make sure we are moving in the right direction. I have come to realize the more we want to know the less we find out about the future and the more time we waste in trying to figure it out. What about today? Surely one should prepare for the future, be prepared for whatever curve ball life may through our way, but why worry about things that have not even happen yet or may not happen. We forget about the journey because we are so focused on the destination, we forget about the things we could possibly learn before we actually get to the destination. We are so desperate to obtain what we want that we become impatient we forget that sometimes we have to wait in line, wait for our turn. If we go to an amusement park and wish to ride a roller coaster or any type of ride for that matter we have to be patient and wait for our turn to enjoy the ride. We eventually all get to ride it, but we have to be patient. Sometimes life does not always offer us a shortcut and when and if it does it may be beneficial to take it, to take the shortcut to get the fast pass to ride that ride, but what if we are missing out on something greater if we had only taken the long way instead of the shortcut or fast pass?