Life is a Journey
What is meant by The Journey of Life?By conventional definition for journey of life, it is defined such as a conventional metaphor in which life is represented as a journey having such things as layovers and obstacles to be gotten over.
Our Journey of Life.
Over the years, I have discovered life is a journey, a pilgrimage, a sacred adventure. Within
everyone’s inner solitude, there is that bright and warm hearth where the spirit dwells waiting to be roused. There are many paths to enlightenment, their teachings rich and varied offering wisdom and “food for thought” and everything we need for our journey to awakening lies within us. In the beginning, spirituality appears like the bud on a bloom, opening gradually, tempting us with a glimpse of its splendor and unfathomable depths. It is here we create the blueprint of our collective existence. And how many of us really prefers to look back on our past in order to make steps in moving forward? Does we see the origin ground where did we come from? On what base does we initially footed on and where are we going? In what ways does it contribute much to our highest vision & mission? Where is exactly our destination?Each of us from time to time does experience crises from different life changing events and transitions, all unpredictable moments arriving and intruding into our “well groomed” lives. We didn’t ask for this interference and we wonder why it has arrived bringing with it havoc and confusion. BUT no matter what the source, each crisis has a common bond…a threshold. A holy summons inviting us to cross a threshold involving both a leaving behind and a stepping toward.
During these times of roadblocks, dead ends and detours, we often choose to ignore that inner
calling. Transformation takes an enormous amount of trust in the voice that urges us to take note. We need to pay attention and ask ourselves what is it we are being summoned to learn? Has the time arrived to push past our comfort zone and begin the slow process of transformation? Are we ready to accept responsibility for our life choices and embark on this soulful journey? Many of us have learned to be afraid of the feelings inside of ourselves. We tend to bury or ignore them. Perhaps even run from them pretending they don’t exist. We cannot deceive ourselves! Until we claim and embrace these “unwanted” pieces of our shadow, they will continue to resurface, haunting us and making their presence known, one way or another.
The invitation to re-kindle our authentic self wears many disguises and often arrives in some of the most unexpected ways and always with a revelation. Life passages can mystify and overwhelm us, causing pain and grief. It is frightening to veer off the well-worn path, better known as our “comfort zone.” But if we are willing to take the time to acknowledge and reflect on each passage, they can bestow wisdom and knowledge expanding our vision of our authenticity.Celebrating, mourning or wrestling with a life passage is an extraordinary act. Slow down and be in touch with your feelings. Be kind and loving to yourself. Act from your spirit and heart and don’t forget to breathe!
Life is a journey, not a race.
To regard it as anything different will only lead to disappointment. Run the race in such a way as
to win but does the first place winner of the games was an indicative metaphor of how life should be pursued? Not hardly, to my opinion. However, it was meant to have a deeper meaning -- to strive to finish the race in such a way as to have eternal worth. I quit "racing" the running events which I entered couple of years ago. I believe that God allows me to enjoy barefoot running and to enjoy the "journey". It's not about winning anymore but more about who and what I am during the journey. So, how does God teach you about your journey? For me, it is my running and more pointedly my barefoot running. Are we so consumed about the finish that we have not considered the journey for some time now? I am not implying that I have a constant focus on the journey, myself. I fall incredibly short some days and have to ask again for guidance on what's really important.
God has been so good to me. He has allowed me this little distraction in life, namely barefoot running. The irony is that what may seem like foolishness in some people's eyes is one of God's main instructive tools in my life. Today, I thank God for the journey I am on and only wish to cross the finish line when He calls! I seek to live life and ends under His great blessing.Life is actually a journey filled with lessons, hardships, heartaches, joys, celebrations and special moments that will ultimately lead us to our destination, our purpose in life. The road will not always be smooth; in fact, throughout our travels, we will encounter many challenges.
Some of these challenges will test our courage, strengths, weaknesses, and faith. Along the way,
we may stumble upon obstacles that will come between the paths that we are destined to take. In order to follow the right path, we must overcome these obstacles. Sometimes these obstacles are really blessings in disguise, only we don't realize that at the time.Along our journey we will be confronted with many situations, some will be filled with joy, and some will be filled with heartache. How we react to what we are faced with determines what kind of outcome the rest of our journey through life will be like.
When things don't always go our way, we have two choices in dealing with the situations. We can focus on the fact that things didn't go how we had hoped they would and let life pass us by, or two, we can make the best out of the situation and know that these are only temporary setbacks and find the lessons that are to be learned.
Time stops for no one, and if we allow ourselves to focus on the negative we might miss out on some really amazing things that life has to offer. We can't go back to the past, we can only take the lessons that we have learned and the experiences that we have gained from it and move on. It is because of the heartaches, as well as the hardships, that in the end help to make us a stronger person.
The people that we meet on our journey, are people that we are destined to meet. Everybody comes into our lives for some reason or another and we don't always know their purpose until it is too late. They all play some kind of role. Some may stay for a lifetime; others may only stay for a short while.
It is often the people who stay for only a short time that end up making a lasting impression not only in our lives, but in our hearts as well. Although we may not realize it at the time, they will make a difference and change our lives in a way we never could imagine. To think that one person can have such a profound affect on your life forever is truly a blessing. It is because of these encounters that we learn some of life's best lessons and sometimes we even learn a little bit about ourselves.People will come and go into our lives quickly, but sometimes we are lucky to meet that one special person that will stay in our hearts forever no matter what. Even though we may not always end up being with that person and they may not always stay in our life for as long as we like, the lessons that we have learned from them and the experiences that we have gained from meeting that person, will stay with us forever. But it will be the luckiest charm if that special person stays with us and shared the journey till the last. And it’s the best time to learn what appreciation should means. God has despairs the best tool for us to learn our lessons.
It's these things that will give us strength to continue on with our journey. We know that we can always look back on those times of our past and know that because of that
one individual, we are who we are and we can remember the wonderful moments that we have shared with that person.Memories are priceless treasures that we can cherish forever in our hearts. They also enable us to continue on with our journey for whatever life has in store for us. Sometimes all it takes is one special person to help us look inside ourselves and find a whole different person that we never knew existed. Our eyes are suddenly opened to a world we never knew existed, a world where time is so precious and moments never seem to last long enough.
Throughout this adventure, people will give you advice and insights on how to live your life but when it all comes down to it, you must always do what you feel is right. Always follow your heart, and most importantly never have any regrets. Don't hold anything back. Say what you want to say, and do what you want to do, because sometimes we don't get a second chance to say or do what we should have the first time around.It is often said that what doesn't kill you will make you stronger. It all depends on how one defines the word "strong" It can have different meanings to different people. In this sense, "stronger" means looking back at the person you were and comparing it to the person you have become today. It also means looking deep into your soul and realizing that the person you are today couldn't exist if it weren't for the things that have happened in the past or for the people that you have met. Everything that happens in our life happens for a reason and sometimes that means we must face heartaches in order to experience joy.
Life is a journey we travel together, walking hand in hand with our sisters, brothers and friends.
Our lives, though different, are interwoven, creating a beautiful weaving of love in our world. Take a moment to be present to someone in need. Show that we care, reach out and plant a loving seed. Men and women, young and aged, no matter of different colour skin, in solidarity we stand together, united from within. Together let us work to build God's Kingdom here today: justice, equality, sharing, compassion, peace will be our way.I believe that as long as we live, there will be lessons to learn in our daily lives. A journey through life is a journey of lessons, one after another. Each life lesson, it will continually present itself to us until we have learned it. Then, the next lesson will then be revealed for us to learn from. These lessons can be just about anything at all. It may be a lesson to learn about patience, when we get stuck in jams or when things just don’t go our way. It may also be a lesson of compassion and forgiveness when someone hurt our feelings. It may even be a lesson to learn how to say ‘Thank You”.
Some of these lessons will be easy and a walk in the park to comprehend and learn. However, there will also be lessons that will challenge our very own outlook of life itself. And as long as there are lessons that present themselves to us, we will have to accept these lessons if we wish to continually grow ourselves.
Who says life is easy? It doesn’t really matter if we are rich or poor, tall or short, a sports person or a genius intellectual. There will always be lessons to learn. The only difference is that you will learn difference lessons. The genius intellectual will probably need to learn about interaction or humility. The rich may need to learn about compassion or sharing. And here’s the best thing about life as well. There is no mistakes if we fail to learn these lessons, there simply is just more lessons!
The key to learning life lessons is to be open to them. By understanding that life is all about learning, then it’s easy to accept the challenges that it may present to us. But on the contrary, if we reject or close our minds to new lessons, then we will simply not see these lessons. Everyday will just be like any other day, and we will continue to stay stagnant as we are for as long as we avoid new lessons to learn. The more lessons we reject, the less we are able to grow ourselves.So ask yourselves, what have we learnt today? Did life presented us with a new challenge to tackle? Or perhaps we may realise something that we have always been practising to be wrong. What are we going to do about them? Only us can answer these questions and choose to either accept the lesson or just reject them.
Life is a journey
From weakness to strength
From imperfection to perfection
From impurity to purity
From hatred to cosmic love
From death to immortality
From slavery to freedom
From pain to eternal bliss
From diversity to unity.
From ignorance to eternal wisdom
There have many known and un known difficulty in our life, but that is life, we must keep optimistical, life is colourful just because of many different things maybe, so we just go on and come on.
Yes, life is a journey through time, not space, and most of us are conscientiously trying of avoid reaching our final destination. It seems, however, that far too many people forget that a journey is to be enjoyed, else what is the point of taking the trip?
During the journey one must take a moment to smell the flowers that spring up unbidden by the roadside. One must always be mindful of the way-stations that appear and fully explore them, seeking out all the attractions that station has to offer, the love of your journey's companion, the birth of a child, the recognition of our peers, small acts of kindness that cost you nothing and brought happiness to another and those times of serene contemplation when you feel the journey has been worthwhile. Those are the times that are the fuel that give you the energy to take the next step and continue the journey,
Our journey should have purpose to provide our spirit with meaning, for aimless wondering is a waste of time and energy. Granted, there can, on occasion, be moments when even aimless wandering can fill the spirit with the sights of unexpected and unplanned for beauty, but those times are even more glorious when stumbled upon by the purposeful mind that is aware of the road being travelled and why we are travelling it.
And in the end before the final station comes into view we can look back with satisfaction and delight in all the stations stopped at and all those times of joy remembered, savoured and cherished. Then we can enter the final station with the supreme satisfaction of a good journey well travelled.
I thank God for making my journey of life so colourful with so many lessons to be learned.
