"We do ourselves a great disservice by judging where we are in comparison to some final destination." Mark Nepo
We have heard the above quotation in many forms: Enjoy the journey, not the destination. Smell the roses along the way, etc., etc. So many ways to say it, and so difficult to do. It seems one of the traps our minds set for us is in thinking it (whatever it is) will be better over there than over here. Watching a special on PBS on the Buddha the other night, that is the journey he was seeking too: To be so fully in the moment that the moment is the journey and the end result both. Our culture does not support enjoying the journey and being captain of our own soul. We have messages to set goals, conform ourselves, stay within society's expectations. But, we do a disservice to ourselves when we conform to other's standards. It is critical that we are the one who is managing our life's journey, to our own rhythm, to our own values. The greater life is counting on our integrity in living our life authentically.
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