Roads of Life
Life is a special and unique journey with many interesting road directions. In the various branches of trips, to aim for a destination.
What direction of journey do you go? And on what kind of road do you choose to travel?
The Noisy Road
Expressive and loud are the people who chose the noisy road. It does not always mean something negative although it may have many shades of grey.
Politicians, and media people, are the noisy road-goers. They do work to get noticed.
They want to attract attention and they want to be recognized in the world.
They take life ambitiously as if everything, power, and wealth are eternal.
The Short Road
People who chose the short road have limited options in life. They are less in vision and have no broader mission but to live their lives today.
They take the short roads because they have to stay with reality. Their shoulders are weighed with the responsibility of daily life.
People who get tangled with a certain way of life and limitations, sweat laborers, and blue-collar workers are those who take the short road to life.
The Hilly Winding Road
Those who chose the winding road, mean to enjoy every scenery in life. They live their life at a slow pace.
I will say that artists, poets, painters, and some writers are people who are choosing the winding road.
They are not rushing to their destination, instead, they cherish every tree, mountain, blue sky, rain, and storm.
Their road is not smooth but the pace is steady. Surely, as winding as the road is, there are twists and turns.
Plain Road
On the plain roads, people are unwavering about their culture, faith, and their beliefs. They live by the rule, they follow the path, and they don’t go elsewhere.
They stay with their culture and will not trade it for anything. You can find these people in villages, living their life in mundane, with no sense of transformation from their current phase of life.
I found this trip the most boring existence of all, but some people are craving for the strong intimate community to survive.
The Long Road
This is the road taken by people who believe that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
They take the road with full preparation for a long journey, no matter what it takes.
The long road-goers have a special mission in their head. They are patient in the process and they believe in the result.
Let me say that those who study and want to be an expert or pundit in a certain subject, dedicated their life mostly to the journey, and they make it after a long time.
Neither do they stress about outsiders’ opinion; nor crave for attention, it is the process that defines them.
The Silent Road
The road is nothing sort of glamor and noise. People who choose this road understand very well their mission in this world.
They are volunteering their time and wealth for a secretive mission without making noise in the process, as in the definition of silence.
Their presence in the world is obvious but they avoid the spotlight. They want to give their best while staying back.
Most of the silent roaders work in religious and divine missions. They come and go unnoticed.
Some wish for reward from their faith in their God. Some have much deeper mysterious purposes and are undetected, bad or good.
Those are the roads of life. As I travel on a life journey passing a crowded road that I found too noisy with the klaxons and passersby.
I admire the patience of those who took the long road. Undeniably, I had been on the short road that made me feel always in a rush, wasted, and meaningless.
The hilly winding road gets me to feel the beauty of life but eventually crashes me to land sick.
A plain road that bored me and make me lifeless, and the silent road raises curiosity inside me.
Still, I find that whichever road I pass leads me somewhere. So, tell me, which roads are you traveling on?
Apri Abakar
