Mountains and Bridges

In life, you are alone on your own mountain. Only you can choose to let people build bridges to connect to you. These bridges built can be intricately woven or just put up for a short term connection. The bridges can range from wood and rope to beautiful cobblestone walkways. Some bridges fall apart due to lack of care from one side or it was mutual neglect. Sometimes though, certain situations have you making a choice where you have to break ties with the bridges. These decisions can be rash but felt needed to secure the future that you foresee. Now you decide to destroy it. It is said you shouldn't burn bridges, but what if this bridge seems detrimental to the future that you want? You know for a fact that if this bridge is still in working order, you will be tempted to cross again. And this will not be good. So based on how much work you've put into this bridge, you have to figure out how much will it take to sever the ties to it. It's a decision that you make and you stick with until its fruition. Then there is that one moment that crosses your mind and you remember the the times going back and forth on that bridge. You are happy and satisfied with the new bridges that you made, but there are still remnants of old bridges. Like looking from your mountain and seeing where that bridge used to be. And since there is irreparable damage to that bridge, it will never be the way it used to. Not necessarily living in the past, just something that has been hard to get over, hoping time will be a great healer. This feeling can last a few seconds or have you thinking about it for a few days. But you stay focused on your future. So in the present you are planting seeds to secure your future happiness. But what about the time in between? This is the time where questions like "should I have burned that bridge?" and "did I burn that bridge too early?" began to arise. Or it could be a recent situation that happens in your life and this bridge is the one you crossed before. Another thing could be unfinished business on the other side of the bridge or words that were never said before that bridge was burned. Now they have been lingering and you want to let it go, but it's too late. One thing I try to instill in myself is that you should not live with regret. Enjoy life. The decisions that you made make you who you are. So you can't be mad at the repercussions that come with those decisions. You have to live with those decisions. I just wanted to vent a little. On my mountain it is all sunshine, but there are times when there is a small raindrop that takes me back or makes me wonder.