Road blocks sometimes don't get in your way

I am constantly reflecting on my life these days. Last year was rough, really rough, and I almost settled into a life I had never intended for either myself or my love, Ms. Aria May.

Looking back, there were many friends who tried VERY hard to set up road blocks for me so that I wouldn't drive straight off the cliff. These road blocks were complete with flares, flashing lights and DANGER signs, yet I managed to swerve around them and forge ahead.

Driving off the cliff and falling straight down was scary. But just as I was about to hit the bottom of the quarry, I realized the error of my ways, and in doing that, somehow manifested a safety net for me to fall into so that all I had to do to get back up to the road was to climb my way back up from the bottom.

I thank each and everyone of those people for their love and fear that led to their decision to try to prevent me from going over. I am sure it was entirely frustrating and sad to watch someone they cared for drive at top speed into nothingness. But apparently, the only way I was ever going to find the road I was intended to take was to do it the way that I did. I hope that those who watched me go down can see that now that I am on my way up the cliff that I am loaded with the climbing gear and am in possession of the map that will lead me in the right direction. 

(BTW, sorry, but I have a HUGE thing for metaphors lately).