trying to enjoy the journey
i wrote something two nights ago, and as i was running by tonight, trying to do the 8 million things that seem to be on my To Do list, something told me to stop and pick up and read what i had written the other night. i couldn't remember even what i had written about. now, though, i'm glad i stopped and listened to that little voice we always get that tells us to do things that make no sense at the time. i needed to be reminded of what it said. i needed to understand it more now than i even did when i wrote it two nights ago.
the other day as i was about to go to sleep, i was laying in my bed staring at the Young Harris College and UGA diplomas on my wall. it led me into this...
"when all the diplomas and accomplishments are taken down and i'm gone, all that matters is if I brought you glory in the journey, where i went, to the people along the way.
where you lead me, it may not be about the destination, but the people you meet or the thing you do along the way. don't get so caught up in getting to the destination that you miss the journey.
this is the journey.
life is the journey.
we never actually get to the destination on this Earth. the journey will always end before we complete it.
in essence, it's not where we're going at all.
it's where we are.
right now.
we will never get "there." because once we are "there," there is always somewhere next.
it seems that magical thing in each of our lives that is supposed to complete us when we finally achieve it, never does.
because even if we reach our goal, there is always something more, something else, something next.
then that becomes the answer.
the journey can never be complete.
instead we are the ones that should be complete.
if we're waiting to get "there" to feel whole, for it to complete who we are, than we will never be whole.
we will leave this Earth waiting to be complete by reaching an end that will never come.
instead of looking to the end, is seems the answer is right here in the middle.
it has to come from within us, or it will never come at all.
we don't get to know the end.
when the end comes, we are gone. someone else will see us reach the end. we will never see the end. it will never all be accomplished. it will always end somewhere in the middle. in the middle of all we were doing. before we were through.
my life will end before i am through.
welcome to the journey.
do you remember the diploma, or the 4 years along the way?
the medal or the race?
stepping off the trail or walking through it?
the day you got the job or the years in it?
the destination is important, but it's not the purpose.
are you enjoying the race or are you so focused on the finish line you forgot to look around?
the purpose of life is the journey.
there is no destination.
we will never reach a point while living on this Earth that we have accomplished it all and are through.
all of a sudden this cliche phrase takes new meaning
'life is a journey, not a destination.'"
as i sit in the middle of a journey of my own. a project to bring warmth to families in mexico that i have been working on for a year. sitting here with over $9000 of other people's money, i am trying desperately to find the answer, to find the end, to figure it out. i am running out of time. i don't have the answers. i need the answers.
they'll come.
what i really needed, was to be reminded to look around right now, in the middle of this journey, and to stop looking so hard for the answers, that i'm missing all that's happening along the way.
most of the time it has much more to do with what happens along the way than the end result.
i'm glad i picked up what i wrote and read it.
i'm glad God stopped me and told me to hear my own words.
i'm glad i listened long enough to stop, and didn't just walk by.
i had no idea i was writing for myself for two days later.
the other day as i was about to go to sleep, i was laying in my bed staring at the Young Harris College and UGA diplomas on my wall. it led me into this...
"when all the diplomas and accomplishments are taken down and i'm gone, all that matters is if I brought you glory in the journey, where i went, to the people along the way.
where you lead me, it may not be about the destination, but the people you meet or the thing you do along the way. don't get so caught up in getting to the destination that you miss the journey.
this is the journey.
life is the journey.
we never actually get to the destination on this Earth. the journey will always end before we complete it.
in essence, it's not where we're going at all.
it's where we are.
right now.
we will never get "there." because once we are "there," there is always somewhere next.
it seems that magical thing in each of our lives that is supposed to complete us when we finally achieve it, never does.
because even if we reach our goal, there is always something more, something else, something next.
then that becomes the answer.
the journey can never be complete.
instead we are the ones that should be complete.
if we're waiting to get "there" to feel whole, for it to complete who we are, than we will never be whole.
we will leave this Earth waiting to be complete by reaching an end that will never come.
instead of looking to the end, is seems the answer is right here in the middle.
it has to come from within us, or it will never come at all.
we don't get to know the end.
when the end comes, we are gone. someone else will see us reach the end. we will never see the end. it will never all be accomplished. it will always end somewhere in the middle. in the middle of all we were doing. before we were through.
my life will end before i am through.
welcome to the journey.
do you remember the diploma, or the 4 years along the way?
the medal or the race?
stepping off the trail or walking through it?
the day you got the job or the years in it?
the destination is important, but it's not the purpose.
are you enjoying the race or are you so focused on the finish line you forgot to look around?
the purpose of life is the journey.
there is no destination.
we will never reach a point while living on this Earth that we have accomplished it all and are through.
all of a sudden this cliche phrase takes new meaning
'life is a journey, not a destination.'"
as i sit in the middle of a journey of my own. a project to bring warmth to families in mexico that i have been working on for a year. sitting here with over $9000 of other people's money, i am trying desperately to find the answer, to find the end, to figure it out. i am running out of time. i don't have the answers. i need the answers.
they'll come.
what i really needed, was to be reminded to look around right now, in the middle of this journey, and to stop looking so hard for the answers, that i'm missing all that's happening along the way.
most of the time it has much more to do with what happens along the way than the end result.
i'm glad i picked up what i wrote and read it.
i'm glad God stopped me and told me to hear my own words.
i'm glad i listened long enough to stop, and didn't just walk by.
i had no idea i was writing for myself for two days later.
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