Finding Joy In The Journey

Posted by Unknown On Monday, February 21, 2011 2 comments
If you have ever been discouraged because of failure, please read on.

Far often, achieving what you set out to do is not the important thing. Let me explain.

Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys stopped by to watch.

"What are you doing?" asked one of the visitors.

"We plan to dig a hole all the way through the earth!" one of the brothers volunteered excitedly.

The older boys began to laugh, telling the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was impossible.

After a long silence, one of the diggers picked up a jar full of spiders, worms and a wide assortment of insects. He removed the lid and showed the wonderful contents to the scoffing visitors.

Then he said quietly and confidently, "Even if we don't dig all the way through the earth, look what we found along the way!"

Their goal was far too ambitious, but it did cause them to dig. And that is what a goal is for - to cause us to move in the direction we have chosen; in other words, to set us to digging!



But not every goal will be fully achieved. Not every job will end successfully. Not every relationship will endure. Not every hope will come to pass. Not every love will last. Not every endeavor will be completed. Not every dream will be realized.

But when you fall short of your aim, perhaps you can say, "Yes, but look at what I found along the way! Look at the wonderful things which have come into my life because I tried to do something!"

-Author Unknown -

2 comments to Finding Joy In The Journey

  1. says:

    Anonymous Our mistakes or failures in our quest to have financial freedom is not the end of that journey. A failure is a failure if we learn nothing out of that experience.

    The journey of one's life is a daly miracle in itself. When we were young, we have the burning desire to excel in whatever we were doing in order to succeed. Using health to search for wealth.

    When we are older, slower and much more wiser, we are faced with health issues and that is when we use our wealth in search for our health. And health is just the process to slow down the rate of an early possible death. For all men need to die eventually.

    Be joyful in whatever you are doing and take life's issue with a measure of hope when we are down, knowing that no matter how bad our situation, there are others who maybe worse off. Cheers !

    ~ahoo~

  1. says:

    Unknown Dear ahoo

    You have, in a nutshell, summed up the course of one's journey in life. Thank you so much for resonating with the post and for inspiring us via your gift of encouragement.

    Take care and God bless you and yours always.

    Shalom

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