Life is a lesson! On this evening after hanging with my guys I made a decision to walk home.
I know already somebody's saying what's the big deal...
Well the distance is from Port Chester to Greenwich (which is way more than a 10-15 minute walk) and I did all of this while carrying baggage. After I left the restaurant I realized that some of the baggage was too heavy and too much to carry, so I made a stop to my job and dropped off some of my baggage. I sipped some water and proceeded to walk. While I'm walking I am also talking.
I'm not alone in this journey when I started walking. I had someone to "keep me company". While the weight of the walk was not my focus, all because someone was "distracting" me from my pain. However, when I got off of the phone I realized I still had so far to go! I had not even passed the next town. By the way, there is a town in between the beginning and the ending of my destination. Nevertheless I continued to walk. At this point I'm listening to music, but then something tells me to be alert just in case...so I turn the music down...and take one of the earphones out of my ear. Proceeding to walk and watching my surroundings being very sure of where I am as I get to the state line from my beginning which was actually in New York , I am now entering my destination which is in Connecticut.
This is a crucial point for me because I'm almost there. I'm actually in the vicinity of where I need to be. But my bag gets heavier, I begin to sweat profusely, and then I now have to walk where there is no sidewalk. Cars are coming in my direction. I have to be mindful to make sure I don't get hit. Also trying to wipe the sweat off of my face...and no doubt they are people looking at me as I am clearly struggling to get to my destination. At this point it's beginning to get a little tough. My steps are getting slower. My breathing is getting deeper. I am hot. I am annoyed. ON top of all of this, I don't have on sneakers. This in retrospect wasn't a good idea...but I'm so close!! I'm so close, that in that moment I made a promise to myself to get to my destination!!
So after I get through the panic of me not being able to make it...I realize that I have reached a bench where I can take a break. I've literally come this far. It would be silly for me to give up or even call for help (a cab) I'm just too close to quit!! I can rest for a while because no one ever said that you wouldn't need rest during your journey. Resting doesn't mean I gave up. [Whatever you do...don't forget you have a destination] so I took this break. I sat down on the bench. I caught my breath. I refocused. I regrouped. I wiped the sweat from my eyes and I told myself with the rest of the baggage that I have I can make it!! Because I actually need the baggage I'm still carrying...I actually need what I'm still possessing...I can't let go of this baggage yet so I need strength to endure carrying what I'm carrying because it's neccessary!! Remembering and encouraging myself along the way (the race is not given to swift, neither the battle to the strong but to those who endure) The goal is not to get there by a certain time. The goal is to never forget where you are headed and your goal. So as I'm getting up off of this bench I feel my wind coming back!! I feel my strength coming back!! I feel like I can make it to my destination and when I get there not if I get there I'm going to know that I conquered something that fear told me I could not do! That I conquered something that my weight told me I could not do!! That I conquered something that my shoes told me I could not do!! That I endured in spite of the baggage! I made it to my destination!!
...And so can YOU!