The future...

There are considerable advantages to being young, youth and exuberance open many doors. You can push yourself (body, mind and soul) beyond limits that seem impossible to anyone but yourself. You really are 10 foot tall and bullet-proof, because you believe that, and you don't know better.

The greatest challenge that anyone faces is growing up. The moments we fail, make mistakes and realise that we aren't invincible. We all f*ck up, it's part of the experience of life, that of pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone.

Life offers us choices, some easier, some so challenging that we grapple with them for a very long time. What is our ultimate goal? To leave this earth the best person we can be? To leave the earth the best it can be? Where do our responsibilities lie?

When facing these questions, so much of the world is clouded in grey. Many decisions we take will change the direction of our impact, on whom we are going to impact the most, what we will learn, who we will teach, and what continues to drive, motivate and inspire us and those around us.

In many ways I can look back at some of the decisions I have made, and the paths I have chosen to walk. I have come along way over the past few years in particular. Concurrently, however I can see that certain choices have put me on a path, that while it has helped me grow dramatically, there are those paths that I haven't walked, those people that didn't have a chance to have the impact on me that they potentially could have. Some paths I have chosen have ended up being impassable, and while I was unable to go that way, I have learnt more about myself and about my world and surroundings than I did before.

I could not be more fortunate with my station in life, the fact that I have been able to choose from some truly amazing opportunities, memories that I will cherish for a life time.

If the measure of an individual's strength or success is the people around them, then I have absolutely nothing I can complain about in this life. On occasion, I feel overwhelmed, inadequate and undeserving to be surrounded by some of the most amazing people I think I could have ever met.

As I look towards the future, one that; will challenge me; will make me feel inadequate; I will throw my heart in and soul into various endeavours, only to fail miserably; and will test me in ways that I didn't even think were possible, I know that it will only serve to develop myself into a better person.

I don't deserve to be surrounded by such amazing people, but as long as I am fortunate enough to have those people there to push me, to support me, to laugh with, to drink with, to party with, to work with, to chill and relax with, through good times and bad times, the future is an exciting place to be moving...