It is hard to believe that a saying that profound was from thousands of years ago! It amazes me that the simplest sayings, can reach into your very soul. The Journey of life is something that many take for granted. Most of us are so busy either looking in the rear view mirror, reflecting on the past, or we are looking so far ahead that we don't see what is right in front of us. The includes the things in our way if we don't take the time to just look down for a second, be grounded and remember where we came from.
Think of some of the struggles and successes in your life, past and present. Every struggle you went through you had to take it one step at a time. One day at a time..hell even a second at a time. It is so easy to get stuck in the moment, we forget to breathe. We wonder how can we do this, how can we do that, how will this work, what if it doesn't? Endless time is spent on these things. Every success has also had to take you a step at a time. There is no such thing as a quick fix. To make things work in your life, whether it is in your career, your schooling, your family, your kids...relationships.... you had to take it one step at a time. If we bypassed all of that, if we jump forward too fast, not only do we miss some important things along the way...we miss the beauty of the journey. You see the key IS the journey.
The key is not to focus on the thousand miles ahead (Life), or even the step, that you miss what is around you...the key is the journey. We all in this crazy tech age we live in have to take slow steps, sometimes baby ones, to make it, to appreciate it...to reflect on it. To even move past the wrongs and the hurts that you have went through in life. I remember as a kid, running on a windy day, looking up at the blue sky and white clouds and I would run in circles until I would fall, and feel dizzy but I trusted the ground was there...it was a small journey (crazy one when you think of it) for a kid just being a kid outside in the fresh air. When I think of that peaceful moment, that letting go, trusting the ground was there for you to fall on...reminds me of the journey ahead. Each step you take is a meaningful one. The speed in which you take it, sets the stage for each succeeding step of life. Along the path you always have time to take a few steps back, regroup, breathe and move forward again. There are reasons for everything. Each step is SUPPOSED to happen, but you have to take the time to learn from it. Don't be overwhelmed of the thousand miles ahead (life), don't rush to the end forgetting the joys of the moment (steps).
Remember the journey is what is most important, the steps are the key to it all...the thousand miles are going to happen regardless, its how you walk those miles that count!
- Jean
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