Embrace & Savor the Journey

WRITTEN BY: LADY SHAY BYGUL

I didn't plan on writing 2 articles about journeys, but I guess my brain had other ideas. (My Mindful Paganism article is also about a journey.)

My journey on this planet has lasted 55 years so far. A lot of them have been rough, to say the least. There were nights I cried myself to sleep. Days where I didn't want to get out of bed. Times where I wished I could either go back in time and change some decisions or leap ahead so I could skip over whatever crisis I was dealing with at the time.

Sometimes I would write letters to Future Me, detailing whatever was going on so that I would remind myself that I was strong enough to get through pretty much anything.

Reading those letters always would bring tears to my eyes. They were some really hard times, but I am glad that I learned to embrace and savor what life brings.

Embracing, not fighting or wishing it was over. It comes with the understanding that there will be difficult times along with good ones. Sometimes you get a lot of one or the other. Sometimes you feel like you are getting way too much of the difficult (and maybe you are). But eventually there will come some joy, even if it's a small joy.

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