Here's To The Bends In The Road

When life moves

in a straight line,

the future narrows—

a corridor of quiet predictions,

a road paved mostly

with probabilities.

We wake,

we follow the familiar route,

we recognize the scenery.

Everything is mapped,

bounded,

circumscribed.

But then—

a turn.

A detour we didn’t plan,

a bend in the road

that loosens the map from our hands.

And suddenly

the future opens.

Wide.

The boundaries fall away.

The routines dissolve.

The circles we once moved in

fade like chalk in the rain.

Even the old ideas

about who we are

and what we can be

begin to crumble.

In their place—

possibility.

- of meeting new people,

- of making unexpected friends.

 - of stepping into circles

we never imagined entering.

- seeing places

our old road would never have taken us.

New things await -

New hats—

- identities we never thought

would fit.

And in a movement,

we discover something profound:

We were built

to adapt.

Not just to survive, but ...

To stretch.

To grow.

To thrive.

So here’s to the bends in the road—

Here’s to possibilities

where once

there were only probabilities.

Here's to the bends in the road!