What would it be like to travel to the moon? Would passing every star make you think of everything you've ever dreamed? Would leaving Earth's atmosphere remind you of all that you left behind? Or would you be relieved that gravity was no longer holding you down?
Is traveling to the moon the same as high school graduation? Is traveling to the moon the same as spending your first night away from home in a dorm room? Is traveling to the moon the same as finding the love of your life?
Or is traveling to the moon the same as the feeling you get when someone breaks your heart? Is traveling to the moon the same as losing someone you loved with all of your heart? Is traveling to the moon the same as leaving behind the life you once knew for one that you have no plan for anymore?
There are too many things to wonder when it comes to leaving the earth for a terrifying, thrilling adventure. I'm willing to bet, though, that flying in a rocket to a whole new planet must be a wonderfully petrifying experience.
What I would do to feel that way again. Why do I say again? Because I left my "Earth" already. I know what it feels like to me. Because I've felt wonderfully petrified before. Because I think I might be on the moon right now, actually. My moon.
I'm out of my world. I'm out of my element. I'm on a whole other planet right now. Every star I passed, every fleeting second of my life, I think about all I've ever dreamed and how nothing is what I've expected. Sure, comparing my life to an adventure to the moon may seem dramatic, but I don't see any other way of putting it. Why's that, you ask? Because outer space is unpredictable, the same way our lives are. Who knows if you'll make it out alive. Hell, we all know that we won't; we just hate admitting it. But, as they say, it's the journey that's really the destination, right?
I've always wondered what it would be like to travel to the moon. I can't figure out if I'd be exhilarated to leave my old life behind or if I'd be scared to escape my comfort zone. What I think I've failed to realize is that I already know what that feels like; what leaving a part of life behind feels like. I graduated high school; I had to leave my old life behind. It's scary. I left my home to attend college; I had to escape my comfort zone. It's exhilarating. It's safe to say that there are too many emotions to compare to what traveling to the moon would be like. But it is also safe to say that we experience all those emotions with our two feet firmly planted on the ground of Earth.
There are currently 176 moons orbiting the planets of our solar system. What we don't know is how many moons are in the universe, because we don't know the extent of the universe. There are probably billions of moons out there, but we only know of the 176 surrounding us. We may never really know. But that's okay. I think that every person in the world has their own moon. Actually, every person in the world has several moons.
We don't just live one life. We may be one person, and we may think that we live one life, but take a second to look at where you are right now. Now, take a second to think about where you were 5 years ago. You most likely aren't the same you. You most likely are experiencing a whole new moon, a whole other life that you couldn't predict.
Sometimes gravity will begin to weigh us down too much. Sometimes our life will fall out of our hands, and sometimes we will be forced to travel to a brand new moon, even if we are completely satisfied with the one we were just on. Life will fall out of our hands. That's a given. But life will fall back in at some point. There isn't a need to be discouraged when you get a little lost, it's just all about how you handle the situation. There are many moons for you to land on in your life. There are so many decisions you can make that will impact your future and the person you will become.
So, what moon do you plan on traveling to next? You control your fate. You control how to handle a situation. You make your own decisions. It's all up to you.
