What do you do if you ever find yourself lost? Is there a moment of panic when you realize what you're doing or where you are? I guess the kind of lost I'm talking about is not the physical kind, but rather the emotional or spiritual one. When you realize that you've lost the person you once were to someone that you have become, what do you do?
J.R.R Tolkien once said, "not all those who wander are lost." So does this imply that when you feel lost, you're actually just wandering? When I put my mind to it, it makes perfect sense. Maybe if we become someone we aren't supposed to be it's just our mental state wandering, and eventually we find our way back to ourselves. So what makes our minds wander? There are too many answers to that question I believe, but maybe we can discover the biggest ones or can we? In reality everyone is different, and everyone leads a different life. So who am I to say what makes a person's mind wander? Well I can't say what makes other people's minds wander, but I can discuss what makes mine wander...
Now that I'm truly thinking about this...everything can force my mind to wander, but to never get lost. Certain people can make my mind wander the most; these are the different people. These people, usually, are people who have changed or will change my life. Some of these people make me think about myself, and the person that I am becoming. They force me to reflect on myself and ask myself the tough questions that I need to answer in order to become the person that I want to become. Other people make me think about human kind and what our world has become. They make me want to help other people or animals in need. All in all, every single important person in my life has helped me learn a great deal about life and the kind of life I want to lead. They allow me to wander without getting lost.
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