Journey- A beginning

 

During the past couple of months, there were a couple of observations I had about life in general. Not knowing, was the biggest complication, so the journey in itself became a destination. People knew they had to live in the moment. No work to go to, no schools to attend to and people got creative with their everyday journeys.

However, the situation is different when we pursue our goals or purpose. Why is that? The reason could be that we are more focused on the end, on the finale. We forget to enjoy how much we are growing on the way.  

But is this the only reason why am I dedicating an issue to Journey. Does it hold so much substance?  Actually, it does. If you go back to your childhood memories, quite a few of them are of the journeys.  We used to travel by train then. One of my favourite pastimes was to ask my father the pronunciation of all the names of stations and there were so many. I also remember writing them down in a diary.

The cutlets and the tea and cold drinks were a different experience altogether. Now we share that with our children. More often our journeys than our destinations form a part of the discourse.

Our destinations give us pride, our journey gives us memories. Our journey not only connects us with our future but also with our past. It helps us see how far we have come, it makes us make connections. 

Last three weeks, I challenged myself. I pushed myself despite a given set of challenges to me. My aim was to complete writing 3 weekly issues without fail.  Yesterday, I did so. It wasn’t the final blog which gave me the sign of relief or accomplishment but all days together, when people asked me to leave it, when I had to think of new ways to do it, to achieve it.

This was a personal feat for me which set me thinking. This is what journey is all about. It is about experiences.

In this week we will discuss what our journeys have been about. What makes it richer, poorer, exciting, dependable, frustrating…

Do let me know your thoughts.