If I Could Fly.

Picture: taken at sunrise on the rocks by the waterfalls on the West Coast Trail. 

The title of this song by an amazing guitarist, Joe Satriani, is one of the best ways I could use to summarize my recent trip to Vancouver. Aside from the West Coast Trail, this trip contained so many elements which meshed together to form the perfect combination of self-discovery (sorry I know this sounds SO emo right now). A large part of this experience was the people that accompanied me the past 2 weeks. It was from them that I saw exactly where things stood in my life and the journey less traveled. It's strange how much can happen in such a short time frame and I'm grateful for each minute of it. At times it's necessary to take a step back to reflect on exactly where you are progressing with life, and whether you have a solid grip on it, or if your experiences themselves are what's shaping your life. In other words, whether you're just going with the flow because you think there is no better option and that you are growing into the mold that's expected of you. Of course, a combination of both is ideal and like most things, achieving a sense of balance is the trickiest task. 

With experience, comes the concept of rationality. So, is it really that we are becoming more rational or are we merely sacrificing the ability to see the world through the light of creativity and youthful hope? I think you learn so much to accommodate others in a relational manner that at times, you forget about the person that's underneath it all turning these opportunities into reality. 

There were so many things I wanted out of this summer, and opportunities presented so that I could figure out what I wanted before starting in October. But now I look back and it seemed so complicated which it shouldn't be. It was a question of whether the solution I wanted was a means to run away instead of dealing with life as it was. To forget that it's possible to go back to those things that were important in the earlier years before life become so difficult. To mix this simplicity with rationality and experiences. That is is possible, even in this new transition to fly.