Find the Destination

After a foggy January and a questionable first week of February, I have found inspiration for yet another blog.

Some people give off a sense of happiness, 24/7/365. It makes you wonder what they do, what their lives are like, who the people in their life are.

Well....I think I have those people figured out. I don't think its about what they do, what their lives are like, or who the people in their life are. I think it's about who they are.

Pushing through hard times is like going on a really long hike... It sucks, and you want to give up. But you know you can't. You can't turn around cuz you'll just be back to where you started, with regret to add to your already heavy backpack. You can't stop because you know eventually you'll have to move forward anyways. So you just keep going, even though it sucks. But then you get to the destination, the beautiful lake, or the gorgeous glacier, or in the metaphoric case, happiness. And the struggle wasn't so bad...in fact, you may even look back thinking it was worth it.
I've been on a hike for a while now...I have taken a few stops on the hike, thinking that was the destination, but then seeing that I need to keep pushing through because there is gonna be an even more beautiful destination waiting for me when all of this is over.

Those happy people are successful hikers. They are able to push through the struggle because they know what's waiting ahead of them.

Don't let the struggles of yesterday affect your judgements today and your relationships of tomorrow.

Life is a hike. Don't give up. Your destination is waiting just around the bend. :)