Low on the Go!

have you ever been stuck in the mud? No matter how hard you try, your feet are just stuck there. Mud like suction cups gripping your shoes. Finally you get so tired of trying to get out of the mud that you just stand there.

People all around you are running, people that were far behind you are now ahead of you taking long, deep strides like gazelles. But you, you're stuck, as though you have bricks on your feet. When you finally do move, its only an inch. Moving an inch is a movement of great proportions for you. But relatively speaking, moving an inch when you have a mile left to go is nothing.

And so you drag your feet, and wonder when Someone is going to come around to pick you up and let you fly. Why can't you fly like the others? You're thirsty, but even when you approach the fountain, its as though the pond has dried up and there's nothing left for you. A mirage.

You know that this isn't true. That there is a fountain, you've tasted from it before. But you're so stuck in the deep sand and you're lost and tired and weary. And while everyone else dances of fertile grass you're watching jealously as they move off in the distance leaving you behind.