Life's Journey

It may not seem like much to you, but my journey has been filled with twists and turns, trying to find "me" along the way, when all the while, my ever-changing identity was right before my eyes. Trials have taught me to be eager to bend but tribulations have made me not easily broken. I've learned that life is like the best pitcher on the mound, standing before me with an eye-squenching stare, his back-catcher in my shadow waiting to receive all that was for me but not missed by thy confidence in "the next opportunity." Many of times, I've second-guessed myself and wondered, after the fact, if I am really equipped, qualified, or even worthy of my fate when the devil himself is always in my ear encouraging my next move. You see, he's been there all along yet so has someone else. And even though "someone else" was not so easy to hear with my free-will in the palm of my hands, I've learned to see past the smog and observe the lighthouse, guiding me past the iceburgs that are bound to take me out. Now, as I reach the shore of my destination, I realize that my journey has just begun. I know that this is just the first stop on my world tour. Now it's time for me to review my map and plot my next adventure.