The road goes ever on and on - Life as a Quest

What a boring story would it be to tell

Of a life perfect, with no gaffes, with no mistakes, with no shame.

Life is a quest

With all its

Tribulations and trials

Mistakes and shame

Failings and misfortune

Have you heard of that phrase –

Life goes on

On this road many trials await us

Yet life goes on

It is a quest to be pursued

By ill-prepared, ill-equipped individuals;

Nonetheless; ‘tis a noble quest; an epic journey, a road to be travelled

Yes, there will be setbacks, yes, there will be pits of agony

The road to heaven is paved with thorns and crosses

Life goes on – and so does the quest

We may think “it is over”

Yet when we realise, we are still in possession of that quest

We know life goes on

Thus it is with eager hearts we resume our journey

Because we know

Our journey is too great to end here

The road goes ever on and on

Why should we give up? Why should we lie down, just because we have experienced a few setbacks? A few doses of misfortune?

I remind myself – ‘tis the narrative of life; ‘tis life’s story

And the quest leads us on

Through all that is thrown us; through all that we must endure; through all that we must bear; through all that we must summon courage to face

Through the darkest recesses, the loneliest of caverns, the coldest of winters; the pangs of pain

The journey continues; the quest of life reveals what’s in store for us

And we grow, grow, we grow – our mistakes, our most valuable mirrors; our failings, our most precious experience. As time passes, we grow wiser – from all those mistakes we have beared; from all the pain we have endured. And we continue to pursue that quest.

And so we write down our epic tale, of fortune and misfortune, of joy and sorrow, of laughter and tears, of warmth and cold. Our quest leads us on and on, and our tale grows and grows.

Life is a journey, a road to be travelled, a path to be trodden.

The quest continues to lead us on. It is because of that ever-present quest, that at any point in the journey I do not sit down and wallow in despair – because I know the quest goes on. No matter what happens, the quest goes on. And I am happy for it. Because I know it goes on. Because I know it is not the end of me. Because – because you know, you know – that there is more inside you – and the quest is a reassurance of that. That these were merely setbacks. The quest goes on. And so does myself.

With eager foot, I step on that road again. The road goes on and on, and so shall I.