Too soppy a start? Probably but, you know, sometimes that’s precisely how you feel or what you want your reader to see/sense. I’m a believer that life is a journey. A marvelous, adventuresome, exciting, over hill and dale opportunity to discover and learn. That’s the spice in life and what it is all about or at least should be. Life shouldn’t be a struggle or painful though you will always encounter both in your journey, but they should not beat you down. Being a phoenix does have its advantages.
Life should be one of your companions, your comrade as you wander along. Wandering is really quite a good description. Yes, we all need times of specificity and of direction but life also needs wandering times. But while life is the pathway on which you walk, you have to have your eyes looking outward with only an occasional look backward at where you’ve come. Life is also a teacher by your side – showing you all the delights that it brings to your days.
People also… people your travels. They may walk with you for a short time or perhaps a longer one, but they should never be used. They are companions that are available to teach you the things they’ve learned if you ask them. They may even be open to allowing you to teach them your lessons, but never miss what they might share. Like life, they are to be enjoyed for what they can share. And, for the time they are with you, they should help you to be a better you. If not, then disengage yourself from their company and influence. Not all people who people your travels will be ‘good’ for you but you can learn from this as well.
Traveling is something that should be enjoyed. After a point in time, standing still (though still with some value, ie. stop and smell the roses) ceases to be helpful or effective. And there is so much to discover, to learn, to enjoy whether alone or with a companion. Even the times you are winded from climbing up the hill. At the summit of your hill you can survey all that’s around you… but don’t tarry too long. And do enjoy the trip down the hill.
… but, what do you think?
