Hello, #Monomad friends
Here is my entry for the #monomad contest by @brumest and
@monochromes.
The distance between two points is an absolute. It is only by moving from our starting point towards our destination that we will one day, or at some point, arrive there.
The certainty of getting there is never absolute.
Even if we lose our way, we must consult the maps and the signposts, and set our course in the right direction.
Losing our way along the route is perfectly normal. Indeed, it is hardly humanly possible to travel a long distance without having to adjust our course and our ‘bearing’ from time to time.
What matters is not the time it takes us to complete the journey we have set out on, but rather the will and determination not to let our hope of achieving something different—something we call a goal—fall by the wayside. Only then, once we have reached that goal, can we set our sights on another destination, at an undetermined distance.
Bem Hajam 🍀
Photographed with Samsung A26 by @xrayman in 2026, September 26
Photographic edition with PhotoScape X
Original text in Portuguese written by @xrayman, translated with DeepL.com