Along the way
One of my favorite writers on LinkedIn, Amber Naslund, shared a lovely quotation to start the year. It’s a longer one, but worth the read in full.
“As you journey through life, choose your destinations well, but do not hurry there. You will arrive soon enough.
Wander the back roads and forgotten paths, keeping your destination in your heart like the fixed point of a compass. Seek out new voices, strange sights, and ideas foreign to your own. Such things are riches for the soul.
And, if upon arrival, you find that your destination is not exactly as you had dreamed, do not be disappointed.
Think of all you would have missed but for the journey there, and know that the true worth of your travels lies not in where you come to be at the journey’s end, but who you came to be along the way.” ~ Unknown
We know the classic line of life is the journey, not the destination.
I liked how this quotation explained why the journey matters. The discovery of yourself is the true gift, not where you ended or how far you went.
And the only way to do that is to wander, roam, and reflect.