I think sometimes, we all need a little time out for a little calm and quiet. To slow down and take a look at the things around us. To step outside ourselves and get out of the normal routine that we seem to find ourselves in which we have gotten used to. A friend of mine recently told me that it's okay to be out of sync. It's alright for that occasional stutter, or more. It's perfectly fine to take some time out of your comfort zone, stray away from known territory into unfamiliar territory, explore -as long as you just remember the way back to the people who loves you.

I guess the only thing we can know about life is that it's bound to come with it's ups and downs. It's never gonna be constant, it's never gonna reach our ideal state of equilibrium, unless we think it so.

We can climb the highest mountain, only to find greater and newer heights beyond that; we can get to the lowest low, only to realize that there is always something else that will match or further it. Sometimes we set ourselves a goal to reach the highest point, we strive to keep ourselves there, to maintain our place, only to realize the futility of our efforts; at the lowest point, we fight and struggle to pull ourselves out only to find the dawn of a brand new day after a good night's sleep.

Life takes us places, and when you can scale the greatest heights, you can also fall to the deepest depths. But, I guess sometimes we need to be reminded by others that everything will be fine. Sure, the world out there can be harsh and moving at a pace that is sometimes a little too fast for us to cope, the waters may be too turbulent for our liking, and at times everything seems to be spinning at god-speed. But, I guess we just got to learn to ride it, and know that we are going to come out of it stronger than we first began.

I use to think that we should always be ready for the next high or the next low but if there's something new that I've learnt in the past few weeks, we don’t always have to be ready and prepared for whatever is coming at us. We can always get out of the routine, that monotone, that comfort zone, that solid ground and learn to tread on water, push some boundaries, go beyond. Push a few buttons that we've never thought of pushing before. Do something completely different from the usual change. It's only when we take a leap and explore do we notice the difference from being in unfamiliar territory to familiar territory.

Maybe in sync and out of sync are not so mutually exclusive after all.

Direction need not always be forward or right; a retreat can be a form of advancement