Against the Wind

Yesterday was one of the lowest points in my life.
I was so depressed I almost drove out of state - not caring where my truck took me.
However, I didn't get too far out of the city when Bob Seger came on the radio, singing Against the Wind.

The feeling that overwhelmed me at the onset of the song's first stanza was ineffable. It felt as if the radio was commiserating with me, but my insides were being slowly expropriated by an invisible force that seemed to be sucking the life-force out of me.

But when I looked out of my window, I was comforted by nature's offering of a placid and serene sunset beyond the horizon. Coupled with the feel of the warm wind blowing against my hair, I offered myself in complete surrender to Bob's words as even the strong force of wind did nothing to muffle the song blaring inside the cab...

It seems like yesterday
But it was long ago
Janey was lovely, she was the queen of my nights
There in the darkness with the radio playing low
And the secrets that we shared
The mountains that we moved
Caught like a wildfire out of control
Till there was nothing left to burn and nothing left to prove

And I remember what she said to me
How she swore that it never would end
I remember how she held me oh so tight
Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then

Against the wind
We were runnin' against the wind
We were young and strong, we were runnin'
against the wind

And the years rolled slowly past
And I found myself alone
Surrounded by strangers I thought were my friends
I found myself further and further from my home
And I guess I lost my way
There were oh so many roads
I was living to run and running to live
Never worried about paying or even how much I owed
Moving eight miles a minute for months at a time
Breaking all of the rules that would bend
I began to find myself searching'
Searching for shelter again and again
Against the wind
A little something against the wind
I found myself seeking shelter against the wind

Well those drifters days are past me now
I've got so much more to think about
Deadlines and commitments
What to leave in, what to leave out

Against the wind
I'm still runnin' against the wind
Well I'm older now and still
Against the wind

I know I should take comfort in the knowlege that God will set things right in my life. I know life is never perfect, you are constantly fighting against the wind. Question is, how much of yourself are you willing to give to keep fighting it and for how long before giving up?