the bus stop

every morning i walk to the end of my street to catch a bus to work. it's a good system, one comes every few minutes and takes me about 15 minutes to get to work. 5 buses pass the stop - four of them get me to work, but just one takes a different route that will land me somewhere a suburb away - not where i need to be. 

every time the bus i don't want passes - it always stops. without fail. it does my head in. i look the other way, i ignore it, but the drivers still insist on stopping and then pulling a face when i wave my hand to tell them they're the wrong bus. i have learned that the only way to get them to not stop is to turn around completely and face the other direction, or walk back into the trees where they can barely see me.

i am focused on getting on the right bus and getting to work on time, but it got me thinking... if i got on the other one, i could probably get off somewhere close enough to work, probably find another bus that would get me there eventually. i'd be late, but i would still get there.

real life is still there- there are so many things that i am focused on. i know where i want to be - and where i want to go. there will be distractions that pass and stop right in front of me, begging me to get on board and take me somewhere that's not exactly where i need to go - somewhere that's not the other side of the world, but somewhere that i don't need to be and have no reason to be, i could always sort things out and then move on again to the right place - but what's the point? how is it going to help me? if i am focused and have a goal and a final destination in sight, why would i want to stop off somewhere and not make it there as soon as i can? i know i need to turn my back and wait for the right things to come, the things i am waiting for and get me there the right way, the first time.

so that's it! i am sticking to my guns. i will choose the 4 buses. not the distractions. the ones that will get me there. i'll ignore the others and remember what my wonderful smart mother has always told me - time and time again. 

"don't give up what you want most, for what you want now"