There is this wonderful and terrifying journey that I have traveled. It’s called life. Sometimes we all must take a review of our journey, looking back just to remind ourselves of what so often has been. I often hear many of my family and friends ask that age old question, “why me”
The easy answer is of course, why not you? In considering the “why” I have a different thought about how we see the conflicts and trauma that affect our lives and how we endure those moments. In all things that happen to us let us consider how else would you have become who you are if not for your life’s journey? My life, my journey is the very tool that taught me how to live and more importantly how not to live. The greatness of my life matters not that I have had good experiences or bad events, only that I have had them and know the difference between how each has effected my life’s outcome. The key to the journey is that we each take something from the moments that we succussed at and fail from. What matters the most is that I take something important away from each experience learning from that instance and using it to improve my life.
Life is nothing more than an assortment of events, calm and chaotic, yet always giving us choices in ways that hopefully can improve our next moments in life. How my life turns out, the end results will always depend on the path that I choose and if the old ways do not work anymore then it is up to me to change the course of my chosen path..
My journey, my life is likening unto that assortment of flavorable candies all mixed into one bag called life. Where the excitement of a life well lived comes into fruition is knowing how to choose which piece I understand will guide my journey to a positive place. The lessons that I have learned is to acknowledge which of those pieces I rather not part- take in. Understanding what can and will define me at some point is esstential in my growth as a unquie person.
There will always be that element of unsureness where we hesitate to consider, do I or don’t I pick this one? With each breath I take in the realization of the experiences I partake in, there is always the full understanding that each and every experience will always be the greatest teacher of all teachers in my life’s direction of self journeying.
From the journey that I have taken so far, I know that I am extraordinarily blessed. With all that I have experienced be it good or bad I am counting the good days to a greater extent. I know full well what a bad day encompasses and so I proceed cautiously in my choices so as to limit my failures.
Facing death and the act of dying can change your perspective in just one heartbeat or perhaps in my case just one flatline, either way, dying can show you every reason that being alive is the greatest box of assorted candies of all which we can pick from. So with that understanding in mind I find that my journey both good and bad, happy or sad, whever it takes me is still the greatest and best challenge before me. To be able to just breath, to live and live as fully as this life will allow is always the best day I’ll ever have.
So, I go in peace knowing that there are more lessons to learn from and more choices left to make and with that in mind it is always forward I go into another unknown day of life.
As I always say, be well, live well, live joyously and full of laughter alongside the fears and tears. For no matter the challenges presented to us, life is and always will be our greatest and best journey of all days.
The happiness I am finding again is refreshed and so far outweighs all of the sadness one may experience. Go with peace, kindness and goodwill for all that you’ve accomplished in your journey.
