Familiar Boring Places

So, i just got home and im freezing cold. My ears are cold and i have a stomach ache and a headache, as well as feeling emotionally overwhelmed.

I feel like I'm in two places at once.
Boston (because im freezing cold) and somewhere else.

I've been thinking a lot about opportunity, success, and happiness, and how the three tie together.

I woke up after an unproductive day of sleep to an overwhelming hour of my day, and then decided I needed fresh air. Exiting the house I walk down the usual path that seems more and more familiar every day. Needing to cross the street at some point, I came to this realization:

I'm on the same boring path that I've been on the last six months.
Waiting for the same opportunity.

Here are my choices:
Slow down, and wait for it.
Turn around and go back where I started.
Risk my safety and go.
Travel a little further and hope for a better opportunity.

I chose the latter of my choices, and ended up fine.

And, then as time passed I wondered..
How come, the walk home always feels better than the walk away?

And then God sent me an answer:
Because, sometimes, you have to step outside the box to appreciate what's inside.

I may be cold, and I may be alone....
But I feel better.