Enjoy the journey, not the destination!

Are we there yet! The movie with Ice Cube and the two preteens was a great movie. It truly correlated with how we can be like kids and be so consumed with where we are going versus enjoying the ride. Ultimately, the kids realized that it wasn’t about the destination that was so great it was truly the journey and all the things along the journey that took place. The accomplishments, the failures, the peaks and the valleys.

Like little kids we can be come impatient with our own journey. We can miss where we are at in the moment because we are focused on the end goal of what’s to come. There’s a saying that “we miss the forest for the trees”. We can be so caught up in trying to prove our worth to make it to the destination we want, we can’t see that we our in the very moment that we prayed for. At times we just have to look up and enjoy the ride.

Usually, when we are on a ride we use GPS but during it we never really can see what the GPS can sense. It usually has multiple routes and maybe even detours that we usually don’t know until it comes along. Life is such as we go on our journey we can feel we on our way and a detour comes up. A job at a lower level than we expected, a position with less pay or a place we never imagined living. All of these things are bound to arise. The biggest thing is finding joy in every minor setback. When we find joy in small things God usually blesses us with major things.

Often times as humans we allow ourselves to get to focused on the end goal. When in actuality we will enjoy the process of getting there a lot more than when we are there. Many players after winning a championship realize that the journey to get there far exceeds the feelings of actually winning it. They loved the grind more than the prize. The time they put in the process to get to that moment.

Focus on your journey and become tunnel vision towards your goal. Never allow what others have make you have an envious spirit or heart. Continue to maintain your own lane and never veer into the next. Enjoy the journey that God has laid for you.

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