For those who are blessed, life will be the longest experience in your entire life and for those who are even more blessed; it will be a long and FULFILLING experience. In order to fully appreciate your path you have to live beyond the moments and situations and appreciate what lies ahead in the future. There are many people who question themselves, God, and others when things don’t happen in the time frame they had hoped for. See that’s when selfishness and impatience takes over the steering wheel in the car of destiny. Just because things don’t happen when you want them to doesn’t mean it’s not in the plan for it to happen, it’s just going to happen when God feels like you’re ready to receive it and appreciate it. Many experiences that we encounter in life are blessings in disguise, therefore if you’re not able to see beyond the disguise and recognize how blessed you are to be walking in your skin; it means you’re not quite ready for it yet. Therefore, if you constantly find yourself not getting what you want out of life, you may very well need to change your perspective and start appreciating what you do have so you can make room for what you don’t have or aren’t receiving. You have to be ready and able to handle the abundance!! I f you can’t fully appreciate the small things that you may not see as a blessing, how in the world are you going to be able to handle the big things?
This is why it’s very important for everyone to realize that life is a JOURNEY, it is not a trip! I will say that again…life is a JOURNEY, it is not a trip! When you’re on a journey there is no end in sight, as far as you’re concerned you could continue on until your time has run out. Journeys are exciting, fulfilling, educational, experimental, and even emotional. When you recognize that your life is a journey that’s when you’re able to appreciate your hardships, shortcomings, areas of opportunity, and improve them to enhance your experience at the next destination. Please note that I used the term DESTINATION! Along your very long journey, you will go from destination to destination never to return home for good but just to make a pit stop until it’s time to go to the next destination. Now don’t get me wrong, your journey will not simply consist of tropical getaways and treks through the rainforest…part of your journey includes most of the things that you do right at home…it’s all about what you take from every experience you are faced with. There will be times when the person that you are today may not be who you want to be or are supposed to be, therefore, that journey from oneself today to oneself in the future is just one example of a foreseeable destination within your journey. The destination to SELF!! For those with a different perspective and look at life as a trip, they will always be looking and waiting for the end of every situation or experience they encounter. They won’t have the ability to practice patience and foresee the long term benefit of what they are experiencing in their present, whether it is good or bad. If you take notice, trips tend to be short getaways that help you to escape reality but one thing for sure….you will always have to come right back and face everything you’re temporarily getting away from. Once you have the ability to incorporate your present reality into your dreams, imagination, passions, and desires that is a direct sign that your perspective is changing and you’re finally starting to leave the small trips to the escapees and you’re ready to join “Team Journey” because they don’t run from it…they run WITH it! Why is it that I say you’re ready now? Because now you are able to appreciate the fact that the end is not near and if you’re lucky you won’t ever see an end…you will just see constant new beginnings.
Quote of the Day: "If you're always looking forward to the end, you don't deserve any new beginnings!" ~ Candice Loper
Good stuff Candice
ReplyDeleteGreat outlook and perspective on what is and those vary things which make-up the subject of journey.However,I also believe that those trips(detours) are the exsistance of what I like to call refocusing/clarity situation on the highway(map) of lifes journey.Considerate it a maintanence appointment to your luxury vehicle because without it or completely taking it out of the equation,who knows where one may be and not just on the side of the road waiting for AAA will solve current situations at hand.Pit stops/obsticles in ones journey should be equal to the refresh icon
ReplyDeleteon your pda to place your pistons back into proper perspective to deal with the reality with a
clear and level minded thought process.Food For Thought: Build your spaceship and adjust it daily for fine tunning,due to the possibility of flying away to ones destination no matter how frequent/often trips maybe present.Kayne's and mine are to similar,but of course his is the newest model...Thanks blog family for your ear of listening reason.
Dear Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your perspective and providing a phenomenal insight. I completely agree with you as you're right...trips definitely help to relieve stress, refocus your thoughts, and get away from the daily struggles of your reality. Now I don't want to be confused because I definitely believe that your journey consists of trips, my focus is more on those who are constantly looking forward to the end of that particular destination instead of looking forward to the beginning of the NEXT destination within that journey.
One may be able to relieve a certain aspect of their situation at one destination but may receive more solace from appreciating the experience at the current destination and what could possibly be relieved at the next stop. Life's journey is about always looking forward to the next step!