How far are you on your Journey and where are you going and was your first step the right one?

Question

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Confucius – free transliteration.

Answer 1

Lovely question... taken me a while to get round to answering it, but here I am – and it is a pleasure to take the time to do so!

...or, should I say, attempt to do so!

<Think I’ll have to break it down into parts LOL>

How far are you on your journey?

I cannot say how far I am. That is like asking ‘how long is a piece of string?’! I do not know when my journey began, or when it will end. I think my journey is not confined to time and space... that my journey exists beyond my awareness. In relation to my journey, I am here -now- in this moment. That is all I know... and even that I do not understand!

Where are you going?

Ah.. I sigh here and the asking brings tears to my eyes. Where am I going? Where did I come from? I am going into the unknown, always into the unknown. It seems neither forward nor backward, neither up nor down... neither movement nor stillness... an eternal moment that carries me. I would hope it carries me home – home to becoming one with love. Or am I already here? The destination lies always beyond reach. Too close to touch. My existence requires the journey to continue. It is the being that is important. I travel as a witness. I dance I crawl. I laugh I cry. It is all good. The beauty and the horror through the dark and the light... it is all part of the journey. And so I try to love it... to remember to be joyful... to remember to be.... to see the moment.

Was your first step the right one?

I cannot look back to seeing a step that was my first? The backward time has dissolved into nothing. Each step I take is my first and my last. Each step is the only step. The forward time and backward time together hold me here. And is this step right? Steps do not know wrong or right, and the taker of the steps knows not also. Each step is as it is. The first or last step, no matter which, has brought me here. Here being all there is, it cannot be judged. To move with joy and love, the here must be accepted and the step that created it declared to be sound. Best or worst step it must be forgiven and delighted in. Even when existence seems painful or shameful to the taker of steps, it must be admired. If all the steps are respected and every moment loved... then we will have greater chance to realize how very wonderful it is to be on a journey!

Thank you for asking.

Answer 2

I' m on my way.  I think I always was without ever knowing it.  The things I feared  all gave me something I needed, I moved far away from home-and got the best best friend.  I worked at a hole in the wall bar and met my husband. My parents got divorced and now they are both happy with people they genuinly love.  I never thought any of these things would be positive in the beginning-but, they added up to what is turning out (to my surprise) to be a d**n good life if I would'nt have been a D- student in school where would I be now!  LOL

Answer 3

Great question.  I am not sure where I am on my journey, and don't even know who I am. Is it possible that life is a combination of many journeys?  I know when I am taking a step in a direction, that if it feels right, and it flows right, that it is possible that it is where the universe wants me to be.