The Journey

For everyone who needs a little motivation :)

The Journey

One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began,

Though the voices around you kept shouting
Their bad advice --

Though the whole house began to tremble

And you felt the old tug at your ankles.
"Mend my life!" each voice cried
But you didn't stop.

You knew what you had to do.
Though the wind pried with its stiff fingers

At the very foundations
Though their melancholy was terrible.
It was already late enough, and the wild night,

And the road full of fallen branches and stones.

But little by little
As you left their voices behind,
The stars began to burn, through the sheets of clouds,

And there was a new voice
Which you slowly recognized as your own,

That kept you company as you strode deeper and deeper
Into the world,

Determined to do
The only thing you could do

Determined to save
The only life you could save.

Mary Oliver