The Journey of Life.....

Life......

A balancing act, a process, a series of events, moments of action and reaction.......

Fulfillment, hope, acceptance, questions, answers.....

So many concepts that we use to describe our existence.

We tend to see the world as the glass, half full or half empty.

Some find their place in the world, a comfortable place, filled with love, joy,contentment, purpose. Sure the world throws it stones but they have the ability to let them ricochet off like stones skipped across a pond. Life for them is a good thing, a joyful time with friends and family, a time to fill their days with activities that surround and include everyone they love. They see the world as a place of wonder, living each day, each moment as a gift from God.

Some see the corruption, the immorality, the greed for power and money, the dying and the tired. They have to muster up all their strength, just to smile, to make it through the day. Life for them is a search, a quest, a question....is this all there is, is this all I am, is there something more. They search years for the TRUTH about life, never feeling comfortable in their own skin, their own set of circumstances, their own life. They feel there is a way out but can't seem to find it. They see the green grass over a tall, forbidding fence and know there is a better life waiting for them. They just don't know how to get there. They try to smooth out the edges between good and evil.  They try to let go of anger and find joy. They long for hope, for purpose, for fulfillment, but they leave empty handed, only finding darkness and pain and a sadness that consumes. They believe in God and His power to overcome all obstacles, but continue to ask why, how, when. They have faith but sometimes faith doesn't seem to be enough.

The Journey of life is filled with so much wonder and so much pain.  Finding that balance between the two is is a life long adventure. We search the world for answers, we look deep in our hearts, we look at our decisions, we look at providence.........We Balance........

But to really live this life.....sometimes we have to let go of that balance, we have to step out of the box. We have to let go of what is comfortable and nonthreatening and take a chance. We have to make an effort to change the direction of our lives. We have to let go of the complacency. We have to LIVE.....

The road of life will always have its bumps, it thorns, it questions, but we have to look past those obstacles and see the good.  We have to find hope and purpose, find joy, find peace, find LIFE. We have to make changes, in a world that seems to only change for the worse. We have to shine, in a world filled with darkness. We have to love, in a world full of hate and anger. We have to give, in a world that only takes.

We have to let go, of all the wrong and do our part to make it right.......We Have To Live.

The Journey of Life is no picnic, but we can choose to look at the flowers, instead of the ants. There's nothing easy about it, and being human, we will continue to have our struggles and flaws.  We can judge or praise, we can say a kind word instead of shouting with anger, we can compliment instead of criticize. We struggle and we fall, but we Can Get Back Up and Try Again. We can look deep in our Hearts and see what lives there....We Can Change. Is it easy?.....NO.....but then it wouldn't be called LIFE.

Words on a paper can't change our Journey of Life, can't change who we are, can't change our outlook on this world. They can't make us Find the Joy of Living.........but.....

WE CAN......

My God and I walk through the Fields Together......

WE CAN.....

We need to Live....We need to Love....We need to Laugh....We need to Dance

We need to Live the Life we wish the World Would Be.......

and the Journey Continues......