Learning to fly

What do you do when you feel cornered and angry? When you know you're fighting a losing battle and getting very, very tired? Do you just bear the pain and bide your time? What if your body gave up before that time?

What would you do if faced with the most difficult questions and choices that could (and would) change your life forever? Would you turn to friends, family, God, shrinks, spiritual gurus, self-help books, Internet, teachers, societies/ communities, or strangers (co-passengers in flight, at the dentist's etc). Or would you shut your eyes tight and try to listen to that inner voice? What if the inner voice were too weak and drowned out by the other loud noises in your head?

Or what if the inner voice simply didn't know too.

Can extreme emotions co-exist, directed at the same subject? Love and hatred, compassion and apathy, hope and despair? And doesn't the co-existence of extreme emotions exhaust you and make you feel old before your time?

What if you discovered new barriers everytime you broke some.

What if no matter how hard you looked for inspiration you couldn't find a role model

If you realized that at the end of the day, it really is every man for himself, even when the ship's not drowning. That you really are on your own, you really are all alone.