Road Trip
From the day we were born, our journey has began. We were here for a purpose, to add another meaning to the world we are living.
“Life is what we make out of it” True but untrue, There is an inner strenght and an outer energy that motivates us and pushes us to make our decisions, and actions towards our main purpose.We opt to ignore these explanations and just live life to fullest and I believe that is what really matters.
When we started going to school, our life is not just about playing around, eating, and sleeping, we have new responsibilities we have to do, more philosophies we have to learn, and have our world much bigger than it use to be. In school we have learned lessons in life and lessons in love as well, both from the books and from our daily encounters.We were taught how to handle life’s challenges, pressure and in some instances twist of fate.We learned how to be patient, responsible,resourceful, we started to use our intuition, sense of judgement and initiative.At this point we already started to realize things, weigh decisions and explore new horizons. We became travellers of our own destiny, became experimental and adventurous. We started to commit mistakes, learn from it and move on. We fell in and out of love, and I think heartaches are the toughest thing to bear.We made acquaintances, friends come and go, but we learn to value others more than we use to do.
As we accelerate towards new ventures, new road blocks are on our way, there are new signs that we have to acknowldedge and as the time flies, we also see to it that we make a quick stop sometimes, refresh ourselves, add fuel to our spirit, and prepare for the next leg of our journey. As we travel, we make sure that we use our rear mirror, and take a look on what we have done, how much we have accomplised, what challenges we have surpassed, and battles we have won over.We take a glance of our side mirrors, knowing that there is always someone travelling with us, as we drive our journey, there will always be things that will suddenly show up and we have to watch out for it, we don;t want to be hit and constraint us from doing our goals, achieving our dreams and making our targets on time.
We also come to a point that we pass through an intersection, we don’t know which way we would take, which direction we should follow. Sometimes we tend to use shortcuts but in the long run, we realize that most of the shortcuts we took are not worth it. Sometimes it is much longer than the usual road, the road is rough and dirty and we have missed some of the lessons that we have to learn, some of the problems and trials that we have to solve to make us better persons.We even take the road less travelled on times that we want to be alone, enjoy the scenes and take things one at a time.We are also brave enough to take the wrong way, make a wrong turn and drive as fast as we can, but during these time we are putting ourselves at risk, making more mistakes and causing more problems.We might come to a dead end, but don’t panic, we always have the chance to make a u-turn, there are still lots of roads that we could choose from, but at this moment, while doing a u-turn, ask yourself why did you arrive on a dead end?Is it time for you to stop as well, No. you just have to think more clearly and more logical.You might be misled by the signs, or you are not paying much attention to the road that you are in, it is okay to call your family or your friends, ask for directions, ask for advice.
Whatever road we take, whatever speed we have, no matter what tools we have used,we could have missed some exits, enter a wrong way, beat a red a light, loose a grip of the wheel, got a flat tyre or even run out of gasoline.The only thing that matters is that we are the driver of our own destinies, we always have the last say,and it would always be not the lenght of the journey, but the quality of it. The experiences, the lessons and adventures that come with it.Because we will only have one finish line, one destination,- with our Creator, and He will only ask us one question. ” How was your journey?”
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