Journey

'Life's a Journey, not a Destination' -Ralph Waldo Emerson

This entry is a response...not just to one person, but to the few others whom I find it worthwhile to just answer the rhetorical questions they randomly throw.  It is also a note of self-reflection...as I take a breather to mull over unspoken thoughts.

It has been challenging times...for some, coping with changes and circumstances.For others, it meant a time of renewal and acceptance; of grief and loss; while others cope with the perpetual curveballs and hard knocks that life seem to offer.

Each one of us must travel down the road that is 'predestined'. I don't even think we know where exactly that road will take us eventually...though we can visualise the pit stops we will make, or the milestones we hope to cross.  We can still 'shape' and map out the route we hope to take...though we are not in total control.  And one of us, drives down a different path.

What do we take with us on this journey?
Some travel light, while others are burdened....emotionally, mentally and spiritually.
I guess it depends pretty much on one's outlook.
I have come to realise that it doesn't take much.
If you come with a moral compass, you'll be pretty much grounded, and can still keep a steady course even though there are distractions and obstacles along the way.

Will we ever be fully prepared for this journey?
I guess that one cannot be absolutely sure.
Some needs to drag themselves along, while others can run...each move along according to the beat of one's readiness. But ready or not, through this journey, we discover more about ourselves...and hopefully, become better human beings.

So if we travel down our roads, let's think about how we can learn to enjoy the experience and the challenges. Do not forget that there is a Higher Being at work up there; and that if we can accept that we are not in total control of our own fate....so things do happen for a reason; very often unknown to us.

We should not allow to be weighed down too much by things that happened...in the past, or are happening. We learn from our mistakes; repeat them if necessary...and learn to keep on going. There may be times when we question"why me"?....but we need not worry...if we keep on going with the idea that our final destination ... is a good place in the hereafter.

So God, I start each part of my journey with "Bismillah"
In You, I trust.
I will carry on....till my time here is up.