SOMETIMES you are told by people with good intentions to focus on your destination or where you are going so that you won't lose your focus.
My advice is go ahead and just enjoy the journey. For example, if you are making a 2,000km journey across country by car, would you enjoy the sights and sounds that you will encounter along the journey, or would you just think about the destination for days and days?
It doesn't make sense, right? Well, it's the same with life. If you are 25 going on to 26, life is a journey, and you are just beginning your journey. Don't worry too much about things that haven't happen.
If you are still single, don't pay too much heed to the mental concept of your future spouse. Yes, you would probably want to settle down one of these days but there are some things that can't be forced. Just take one day at a time.
If you are a housewife saddled with three kids who are constantly on hyperdrive, don't fret. If you are calm, soon they will be too. Children have an inclination to follow their elders. In fact, they tend to imitate their parents.
Before you resort to corporal punishment to restore order in the house, remember you were a kid before. Let them enjoy their childhood. That doesn't mean they can throw shoes at the dog or stones at the neighbour's glass window, of course.
People forget that ordinary existence can be considered a journey of some kind. Even if you are an ordinary office worker, or just a very ordinary janitor in some inner city school, the work you do, the trips you make every day to your workplace can be a journey of discovery.
Along the way, you meet people. Try to talk to them but don't scare them away by occupying their time for two hours. Just a simple "hello" or "good day to you" will do. The conversation can be a bit longer during your future trips.
Ordinary folks have their own stories to tell. After a while, when you really get to know people, you find that their lives, like yours, can be quite fascinating. You will never know, one day, they may be of great help to you. Or, you may be their saviour in some form or another.
The point here is meeting another fellow traveller on earth. Life is a journey that offers countless opportunities of learning about yourself or about others. When you meet an interesting character, some of that person's personality will eventually rub off on you, just as you will have an effect on that person.
Don't feel or even think that you are the most boring person on earth or you truly lead a very unexciting life. That's not true. I have found out from a lifetime of experience that strangers share many experiences with me. In the end, we are not really that different.
But it's always nice to learn how people handled their issues. If you perk up your ears, you will be surprised that you can actually learn a lot.
Hence, from tomorrow, make that journey of yours memorable. Treat every flower and passing person an opportunity to learn something or discover something important. It is very often that from the ordinary that we learn about the extraordinary.
Good luck to you.
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