Le Petit Prince

There’s a saying: “Aim for the stars and reach for the moon.”

Did you know that when the moon makes its way around the earth it gets closer and further away as it travels in an ellipse. At the moon’s closest point to us it is 225,622 miles away and at its furthest it is something like, well, 252,088 miles away.

Reaching for the moon was an impossibility in the not too distant past for all of mankind, but aiming for the stars has never been impossible for anyone, not for you and not for me.

Have you ever dreamed a dream? It’s like aiming for the stars. It’s not about getting there. It’s never been about getting there. Some people reach their dream, but when they get there they suddenly find themselves lost and confused. They relish the fact that they have achieved the impossible and made it possible, but still, soon comes the feeling that something is missing.

Keep on, Keeping on.

Sometimes that’s all we can do. Sometimes we do something tragic, something which is so disappointing that it hurts so much, the pain is excruciating, it resonates through our entire being and we just can’t help but ask ourselves… why? Why does it have to be that way… why does it have to be so hard… did I do something to curse my life, my existence… does my God hate me?
 
Ever feel that way? Ever curse the ground you walk on and just want to give up, lay down and say ‘no more!’? It’s so easy. It’s so natural. It’s so much a part of the condition we call ADHD that it isn’t something we want to describe or contemplate, it just is and too often we can’t seem to do anything about it.
 
I wish I didn’t, I wish I was… I wish… I wish… I wish… I wish… We can wish as much as we want, and the sunrises the next day, we hope for the best, it’s just another test, will the challenges overwhelm us?
 
Just keep on keeping on. The sun will rise, keep on keeping on.
 
So easy to say, so easy to repeat the words, they play back and we continue forth without choice or will, and keep on we do, we must, we can, we have to. Keep on, keeping on.