“Mama said home is where the heart is.”

What happens when you stand alone in the middle of a road and you look ahead and see your whole life. You can actually see every little moment, feel every single emotion and know for a fact how it’s going to unravel. And then in one split second it’s all gone.

You have no certainty whatsoever but the fact that that is the path you are going to take. That every road you’ve taken so far was ultimately leading you to this one.

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Can’t Funk With Fate!

A year ago, I found myself outside a club in Spain, enjoying the loud chatter from people walking by. I was obliviously enjoying my cigarette when unexpectedly a bright eyed, sandy haired, smiling boy approached me to ask if I had a lighter.

This could have been just another stranger but as I would later find out, that night changed my life. Talking to him proved to be easy, laughing with him was a nice distraction and suddenly I was a bit happier with my life. I had gotten everything I had asked for at the beginning of the year. A breath of fresh air, a friend.

I have never been one to believe in things like fate, but I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; from everything that could have happened in the last two years, every mishap, every fight, everything, it seems like every little thing led me to that moment. That moment when I chose to listen to the voice in my head and talk to a complete stranger. It turns out I was trying to fit all the wrong pieces in the puzzle just so I could see the right one. It has always been hard for me to explain this situation to other people. But they accepted it. Still it seems surreal and I don’t think I could even understand it myself if I tried to. 

But once again fate struck me like a lightning bolt.

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