Sun fingers touching the earth.
#lifeisajourney
This is a permanent hashtag on my instagram profile. It says it all to me. You are on your own personal journey, and you have to keep moving to reach your destination. The destination can be different things to different people, of course.
Life’s journey is not all fun and games, of course, like a planned vacation to your favourite destination. It can be a bit of a nightmare, it often takes a few wild turns, and there are more than one detour along the way.
Still, you can’t decide to get off the bus whenever you want to. You have to keep going, and hope that there is something exciting around the bend, or over the hill. You can sometimes decide whether to turn left or right, or carry on straight. U-turns are strictly forbidden.
What makes one carry on? What makes one pick up the pieces and keep going?
Hope.
Hope that tomorrow will be a bit brighter and lighter. Hope that you will feel stronger, happier, more content. Hope that you will find that much needed job, or that your tests for cancer/MS/Alzheimer’s will be negative. Hope that lightning might strike your violently abusive husband. Hope that next month’s pregnancy test will be positive.
Life’s journey is fueled by hope. No matter how hard life hits us, we always have hope that things will be better, and we will hurt less.
*If you seriously feel that you have hit rock bottom on your life’s journey, though, please seek help, there are people that can help you.
Zelmare 
Life is a journey indeed, and we each have our unique paths to pursue. So just because you’re not headed the way you want (based on other people’s journeys) doesn’t mean you’re not going to find what you need. Thanks for sharing this!
Yes, no two journeys are the same! Thank you for taking time to read and reply. 🙂
Inspiring post. Exactly what we need today. Thank you.
Thank you for visiting. I’m glad that it came at the right time for you! 🙂
So true! It helps me to remember the Buddhist concept of impermanence. Nothing stays the same… the bad days will pass as will the good. We just have to keep going- and hope helps as you said!
Absolutely. Thanks for reading and replying! 🙂
Journey on over here already!!! Hope… ❤
Oh yes, I live in hope too, for a Canada trip more than anything else… xx