Introduction

We have all heard that, “Life is a Journey,” and that, “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” It would be nice if that was all that there is to life and it could be defined as simply as this. Life may well be a journey that begins at our conception and ends with our death, but beyond that, there is very little about it that is simple.

The intention of this blog is to help guide you with some observations that you may find useful as you travel the road of life. Nothing that occurs to us over the course of living is non-beneficial to our development and every experience builds the person that we evolve into.

We all have a definite need to understand what we have to “know” to make our lives the fullest and most productive that we can. As you read each post, I will help guide you through the individual “knows,” that should provoke some insightful thoughts and ideas that you can put to use to make your journey eventful, memorable, and hopefully the most enjoyable as possible. In each entry, we will explore a distinct “know” and look at each “know” as a tool that you can put to use in your personal lives.

As you read through the posts of this blog, keep your mind open to deeper thought and open mindedness. Growth cannot happen until you step out of your comfort zone and we will explore many ideas that I hope will bring you to the point of growth. We are going to explore ourselves, through understanding our values, beliefs, and morals. We will then take a look at how our thoughts influence our mindsets. We all have unique strengths and we will see how to put them to use in making our lives better. Each of us have limitations and I will provide you with some thoughts on how to deal with them. We will take a look also at our fears and turn them from worries into useful actions. We will explore where we are in life and where we are headed. Once we have an understanding of where we are we will determine where we want to go. Knowledge is a tool that we obtain slowly over time and we will spend some time understanding the stuff we need to know. Time is an ever fading asset and we will explore some thoughts and tools to make the most of the time you have. We all have friends, some good, some not so good, what friends do you have and what type should you seek and which ones should you limit your time with. A destination will never be reached unless we keep moving and motivation builds momentum. What can we do to keep ourselves moving? And finally, what happens when things don’t go as planned, we will define what is as what isn’t a failure.

It is my heartfelt desire that you can use some of the ideas presented to assist you in your distinct, unique, and highly individual journey. Lace up your boots and let’s begin.