Chasing Infinity

      

       'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.' – Oscar Wilde

       The End.

       So begins every great adventure, I have come to believe. It is the endings that spur us on to a new and bright beginning – however paradoxical that might sound. The need for closure, for the completion of a journey is outweighed by our craving for a new, more exciting, more fulfilling experience. We chase after the unknown, so that we may know it; we seek new horizons, so that we may one day leave them behind. Repeat ad infinitum.

       We are dreamers, one and all. This intrinsic need to know what lies just beyond our sight, to take the path less travelled... It keeps us moving. Chasing each new dream takes us closer to who we are; it makes it easier to know others and to know ourselves. It keeps us moving.

       Yet, for all our potential, we tend to forget about the immeasurable power of a dream. We choose to see less that we can; we choose to know less that we do; we choose to want less than we have. However, does the fault reside in our complex, conflicting nature, or is it simply an inevitable consequence of the flawed construct in which we have elected to exist? If only I were able to give you an answer to that, my dear, vociferous readers...

       I can only hope that you shall find the strength to chase after your dreams. Ad infinitum.

Rain

       'Adama: What do you hear, Starbuck?
       Thrace: Nothing but the rain.
       Adama: Then grab your gun and bring in the cat.'
          - Battlestar Galactica

       How do we let go?
       How do we say goodbye?
       Is there really a way to leave behind the person we were, so that we may become the person we want to be? Is there really a way to part with someone we love and not feel loss? Can we be more with less – less of that, without which we are not our true selves; the indispensible? Sine qua non.
       I ask you this, my dear, vociferous readers, not to sadden, but to strengthen – not to hurt, but to heal. Look into your souls and tell me that you have not done something you regret, that in all your lives until this moment, there has never been a decision you now see was wrong. A choice you now wish you could make again.
       We are, all of us, fallible. We are human. We make mistakes... And this is our curse, but also our blessing. It is how we grow, learn, evolve – we stand taller after every tragedy, we are better after every mistake.
       For we are, after all, the decisions we face, the choices we make... the paths we take.
       'So say we all.'