Monday 2 July 2012

It's all about the journey






Have you ever felt you're putting your life on hold until you reach some kind of goal that will be a starting point for the life you have always wanted? I have. Many times. But fortunately I have realised (some time after the putting-on-hold thing) that it was the journey itself that mattered. 








At first I thought I would be someone when I have reached the destination, that I will experience some miraculous transformation and everything will change. The mile stones could be anything, getting my first period, having sex for the first time, taking my a-levels, finishing studies, moving out from my parents, getting a 9-17 job, anything. Those and many other moments in life that we wait for or fear may in deed be very important to us but hopping from one stone to another without enjoying the hop itself seems to me such a waist of life! 







What about the moment when your in the move, up in the air, when you've already forgotten about all the effort you put in to make the jump but you're still not afraid of landing again? This is where you are free of stress- you're not thinking about the past, cause' it's not gonna change, and you're not worried out about the future, cause' you'll never know what's gonna happen anyway. So you live in the present and enjoy it. 




In-between the "big moments" you are free from worries that you're not getting the job your parents always wanted you to have (or you thought YOU wanted it) before turning thirty or ending up single when all you friends have already settled down, you name it, we all have out milestones, but how about we just stop waiting for them to appear on the horizon and just enjoy the view, cause' it's damn beautiful!






It,s all about the journey, not reaching the destination...