Every Step Counts

Slowly walking home today, I thought the world was slow and hard. I look at school and I see only test and grades. I see my future which only has college applications. What's the point? Where did this road lead to? Why is there so many negatives? Why can't we just live a easy life?

I kept walking down the road. Before I know it I'm already half-way. I saw people passing by, the sounds of cars rushing on the roads, everyone was busy to go somewhere. Everybody had this set destination. People wanted to go home. Others wanted to go grad a snack at 7-11. Children left the school yards to go to tutor. There seems there is destination in life. It was not just walking roads for no reason. We walk because we want to get somewhere.

When I got to my doorstep, I felt good because I'm finally home. I'm finally at home sweet home. Every small step I took got me back home. I wasn't able to fly home without any effort, or I wasn't able to suddenly appear home. I had to take small steps to get to this destination. If I were to stop and complain about how the temperature was so hot, or why is walking so tiring, I would have gotten no where. I would of stood there in complaint about everything. I chose to take small steps, because every step counted. I wasn't walking backwards, nor stopping, I continued to move on to my destination. I kept walking. Even thought the steps might have been small and slow but I still made progress. Life is like that. If we stop and just complain about our surroundings we aren't changing anything. One step at a time, sometimes slow, sometimes fast, we slowly make it to our goal. We finally make it because each step counted. Each step slowly led up to the destination.

Life might be harsh in different ways but every step counts. Only these steps we take can lead to where we are going.