Life Is A Journey

I believe that a big lesson in life is right front of all of our faces, and no one can see it unless it is pointed out. We all have this insatiable passion to fill the void in our lives. Some people who are doing well in all areas of their lives feel even guiltier about having this void then people who aren't living up to their full potential yet. This is because they cannot explain the void. They don't understand why they feel like something is missing if life has handed them a good deck of cards. Others feel like they have a big dream to live it out and feel like failures until their dream is a reality.We wait for the moment when everything is going to click and all of a sudden make sense. There's so many ways to get information on personal development and self help. Lots of articles, books or websites focus on people living out their passions, becoming happy and living happily ever after. They are always focusing on the outcome instead of the process . It's like trying to figure out a problem from it's solution. Some make the journey seem undesirable and the outcome like a lever switched from off to on. In reality there is no exact point when everything feels right. This is because not everything happens at once. An example of how important the journey in life is comparing it to a long drive. When you start you have a full tank of gas but the farther you go the less gas you have. Unless you stop for gas, you won't make it. We start out young and passionate and as we grow we sometimes start running low on the enthusiasm for life that we once had. We focus on where we are and where we want to be instead of the journey behind and in front of us. Adding up all of your life experiences together determines your destination. We slowly fill the void with each life achievement like filling our car back up so that we are ready to face the journey feeling refreshed. We will reach the destination much quicker than we would have had we not stopped for gas. If we take the time to notice that what we long for is the satisfaction in the journey and not so much the destination, we can enjoy it which will make the destination that much better! Think about how long it takes most people to become successful. Whether you go to college or you work from the bottom up, it's going to take some time. Even if you're only trying to set a goal like be a good parent or get in shape it will take time. We dwell on how slowly the results will happen or how hard the journey will be. We continue to feel this way and label ourselves as failures. The fact of the matter is the journey is the fun part and truly what determines the destination. Every small accomplishment fills the void one step at a time. Think about if we woke up and everything we ever wanted was handed to us. We would never have the feeling of accomplishment we get when we are successful in some way. If you truly want to feel like something is missing, picture life with out the sense of accomplishment. It would be like you lived but never learned. You would feel useless. The more that you put into something the more you get out of it. The journey is what makes the outcome amazing. The journey is so much bigger than the destination. This is much easier to explain than to actually live out. That's what this blog and all my work is for. It is all to help myself and others learn to enjoy the journey whether negative events are occurring or positive ones. The journey is life and there is much more than just one destination.

Starting Is The Key To Finishing

Today I felt a little down and decided to take the time to consider what was truly causing me to feel that way. Of course there are times when it is brought on by a certain situation and during those times it is somewhat easier to handle the feeling of "being lost". Finding the words to describe how I felt led me to discover what was truly bothering me. There is so much I want to do on top of all the things I need to do. My problem is that I feel like I am standing still because I don't know exactly what to do first or how to start. Once again just writing or thinking out my problem helped me to discover that in order to feel motivated and to keep moving forward I had to know which direction I wanted to go in. Finding a way to determine what I need and want and then creating a way to balance it all is the only way to move forward confidently! I know now where to start and it is to simply determine my needs and wants and take tiny steps toward accomplishing them all.