Traveling the Road Before You

Whether we are traveling to new lands or through our lives, there is always a path before us.

See the World!

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It's an incredible statement.  See the world.  Go out, do everything, see everything!  The world is large and full of possibilities.  See as much as you can.

It's a wonderful, hopeful, dream big statement.

And sometimes it can be completely overwhelming.

Because there is a reality to that statement.  There is a very, very limited possibility that you'll see the entire world.  The world is an incredibly large place.  Big cities with small hidden corners, and small towns with big personalities.  Each place provides a new lens, and new sight, a new challenge, and a new experience.  It's a constant readjustment of understanding those around you and your own approach to the world.

And if you attempted to set your goal to see the entire world, you may be constantly frustrated.  There are roadblocks in traveling all the time.  Schedule changes, money issues, health issues, weather issues.  So many things come up that are unexpected that delay your day or change your plans.  There are times it would feel as though you'd never meet your goal. 

Life is the world.  A lifetime is an incredibly overwhelming journey if you look at the entire picture.  Eighty to one hundred years brings about immense opportunities as well as difficult challenges.  The longer you go the faster it goes, until you feel like you're scrambling to make timelines, overcome challenges, and make it through to find the next moment.

The reality is, you cannot do it all.  You can't take on and travel the entire world in the same way you can't take on an entire lifetime.  The weight of the goal would be so much you'd feel as though you would never get anywhere.  Add in the challenges faced on a day to day basis, compounded by the unique challenges presented in this lifetime, and you face a harsh truth.

It all can be just too much sometimes. 

So don't.  Don't take it all on.  Don't carry the weight of unrealistic goals.  Set goals.  Dream big, but remember to stay grounded.  When we travel, we love to find paths to follow.  Hikes to destinations that will take us to places to explore.  Some of those hikes are brutal, with steep hills or a million steps.  And yes, sometimes we (mostly me - MB) would like to give up and say - why the heck am I doing this?  What am I gaining by climbing and climbing and climbing.  When does it get easier?

 Until somewhere along the way it gets easier.  You take it one step at a time.  You go slow when you need too.  You take a break.  You rest.  You start again.  But you keep going.  You keep climbing.  You keep focused on simply taking it one step at a time, one path at a time, one place at a time.

And it happens.

You reach a point where the world spreads out before you.  The climb, the frustration, the exhaustion, all become worth it.  Because you find yourself someplace in the world that is incredible.

Right now you may feel like all you are doing is climbing.  You might feel exhausted, and tired, and broken, and that quitting might be easier.

Don't quit.  Don't stop climbing.  Your life is that same incredible hike in the world.  Every step on the journey is worth it.  Every path you take is taking you to a place for you to explore, to marvel at, to be in awe of.

Your journey is as important as the destination.  It is giving you the strength to do even more incredible climbs, to find more amazing sites.  Keep going.  

Take on the world.  You may not see it all, but in your lifetime, you are going to see and do amazing and wonderful things.

Your journey awaits.  Just start walking.

Hiking requires good shoes - so please don't go without.  That being said, sometimes really good slippers are needed when were are walking our life journey at home.  Feel free to get yourself a pair of those too!
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