Life's journey.

We are all travellers in the journey of life, where there are no maps or places of destination.  We start life's journey with empty hands and also rest forever with empty hands. May be the destination is in every step of our journey. Along our journey of life, we learn a lot of lessons the hard way, we have much heartache, but we also have lot of celebrations, joys, and special moments and also gather a lot of memories. The road is never smooth; in fact, throughout our travels, we will encounter many challenges. These challenges test our courage, strengths, weaknesses, and faith. Along the way, we stumble upon obstacles that will come between the paths that we are destined to take. To follow the right path, we have to overcome these obstacles. Sometimes these obstacles are really blessings in disguise, only we never realize that at that point of time.

Time stops for none, if we only harp on the hardships of life, we might miss out on some really amazing things that life has to offer. We can never go back to the past, we can only take the lessons that we have learned and the experiences that we have gained from it and move on. It is because of the heartaches, as well as the hardships, that in the end help to make us a stronger person. Is it as easy as that, when we give our life and soul for it?   The people that we meet on our journey, are people that we are destined to meet. Everybody comes into our lives for some reason or another and we don't always know their purpose until it is too late. May be when we have lost them forever. Some realize the value of a person in life, only when they are gone forever from the world.

Sometimes some people make a lasting impression with their silent caring ways,  we may not realize it at that time, but they will make a difference and change our lives in a way we never could imagine, a real blessing.  It is because of these encounters that we learn some of life's best lessons and sometimes we even learn a bit of ourselves too. Memories are always priceless treasures that we cherish forever in our hearts. They also enable us to continue on with our journey for whatever life has in store for us. It is believed that what doesn't kill us will make us stronger. It all depends on how each one's definition is about being strong. It may have different meanings to different people. It is a realization of what we are today. It also means looking deep into our soul and realizing that  what we  are today couldn't exist if it weren't for the things that  happened in the past or for the people that you have met. Everything that happens in our life happens for a reason and sometimes that means we must face heartaches in order to experience joy.

The journey of life is not in our hands, we go where life takes us, be it a path of boulders or a path of luxury. Where we had our own, there sometimes we feel like an outsider.  With time the journey takes different paths making it very painful, but as a traveller we have to go on, contended in what we have and making the most of it. As we travel sometimes the bygones come by and cross our path. The path of life is different for all.  It is a reality that nothing is certain in the journey of life. Sometimes we think of the meaning of this life when hit by hard realities that come like a bolt from the blue. We are hardly anybody, probably nobody, but what is to be will be.