Wake me Up!

Some of my favourite lyrics of a song say "Feeling my way through the darkness, guided by a beating heart, I can't tell where the journey will end, but I know where to start."  This seems very apt at the moment with all the load shedding and power cuts in our country!  Bur realistically, it feels to me that since 2008, not much certainty exists in anything we do and perhaps the most constant thing is change.  I certainly have not felt for several years, that there is a consistency to the year in prospect and what it will hold, but we seem to have to keep adjusting and changing to make the environment fit into our lives.  The world in many instances appears to have gone mad and humanity is doing its best to bring destruction upon itself.  I feel sometimes that I can plan all I like, but a set destination and a certain result seems to be a hard thing to achieve.  I certainly do know where to start and at the beginning of each year, I do start again with goals and dreams for the year. That is really all I can do, is to start each year with a vision for what I would like to achieve and then let life run with me headlong into the year.  Planning too far in advance seems to be problematic and although I would wish to be able to plan for years to come, it is just not accomplishable at this time in my view.  The song goes on to say " I tried carrying the weight of the world, but I only have 2 hands" - this is very appropriate for me in the last few years too and I realise that no matter how hard we try to accomplish the things we want, that if it is not meant to be, then no amount of worrying and pressing will achieve the desired result.  The song says "I wish that I could stay forever this young and not afraid to close my eyes"  - it amazes me that as time marches by we can appear to be doing things, but really merely be treading water and repeating the same challenges without breakthrough.  Sometimes we actually have to close our eyes and allow our imagination to go open and think of the possibilities in a new way.  The song says further  - "they say I'm caught up in a dream, well life will pass me by if I don't open my eyes, so wake me up so when I'm older and wiser all this time I was finding myself and I didn't know I was lost.  I hope your dream leads you to a successful destination and that what lies ahead will be worth every tough time and every setback.