Keep moving.

JUST TAKE THE NEXT STEP

Sometimes, life is not always about the whole journey, it is not just about the victories, and the successes, it is about the next step. Life is never a straight path with paved roads, it is rather a journey of hills and valleys, curved roads, and potholes. Treading such paths might be difficult, discouraging, and discomforting, but that is the only route through which eventual success and breakthrough is guaranteed. The smooth paths barely lead to the desired destinations.

You cannot sprint through life and expect to get to your desired destination in a whole piece. Life is never a sprint, it is a marathon, and as you run you cannot begin to worry about the finish line from the beginning of the race, you have to only watch out for the next step, and the next after that. You have to watch the cracks, the potholes, the twists, and the turns, that is the only way to avoid falling away.

Progress is not a sprint or a leap, it is a series of stubborn forward stumbles. It is the willingness to fail continuously, but consistently commit to failing until success is achieved. If you do not leave where you are, you will never get to where you want to be; if you do not take the step towards your desired destination, you will not arrive there. Get on the tracks, get yourself in motion, and keep moving. Nothing can stop a moving train.

Fear would exaggerate the distance, it will paint the road as endless, packed with monsters, but they are all illusions. When you face those illusions by your continuous movement, they shrink with every step forward. You are not defined by the mountain or the miles you have not climbed nor covered, you are defined by the steps you dare to take. So, go on, take the next one. Nothing stops you from moving forward. Take one step at a time.

To a better you, Kamikun John.