Thursday, October 29, 2009

"What May Really Haunt Us..."



It is not what some may first think about that which haunts lots of us during the long, sometimes too quiet hours... For many adventurers it is not the darkness and depth of the night that makes us shiver; nor the risks inherent within all adventures which catches our breath at times. Not even the moments of trial and anxieties, and those real tests to one's determination and endurance that shake us on occasion. Fears about the unknown aren't foreboding to such explorers as we. Worries of keeping up or about competition simply are not there anymore for us elders either. The wild places are too welcoming for such wraiths to severely bother those who wander endlessly out there.
What really haunts many of us in those exposed contemplative moments; what truly may keep us up at night sometimes, are not so much these ghostly worries, but more so those ponderings and wonderings of what could have been...
We all have them. Those wishes for what might have been, for what we did not do... Maybe sadness or deep disappointment for dreams not put in motion; and even at times possibly for the loss of the desire to go...
What may in reality haunt many adventurers in those long, quite hours are more the shades of lost moments, unused opportunities, when we may have been distracted by something other than what could have been truly meaningful moments out among the wild places. These are the spirits that may really haunt us if we do not exercise them.....
DSD



2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I find it useless to look back at the woulda, coulda, shouldas, but it certainly hurts to do so.

Stewart Green said...

It's a worthy goal, as difficult as it is, to live without regrets. We all rue past days. If only I had climbed that wall before it was discovered. If only I had gone on that trek. If only that love had worked out. I, however, try to live within today, a brand new day, the only day that really matters. What I didn't do then, I can do today...or tomorrow. Best not to put it off though. Live. Now.