I wish I had a magic crystal ball and I was able to see into the future to let you know what exactly you will face on your journey, but in reality, it would probably take all the fun out of it. Think about playing BINGO, if you knew at the start of the game whether you would win or lose, would you really be excited to play? If you walk into a casino and check in at the front desk and they tell you that you will lose $100.00 today and you can either play the slots or leave the money, I doubt if Vegas would be the city of excitement it is.

Not knowing what to expect is what makes the journey appealing to us, we want to experience new and exciting opportunities. A lot of the experiences that we can expect to participate in are due greatly by the choices we make. Every choice we make has a consequence… good choices, good consequences, bad choices, bad consequences. Hopefully the choices we make become better as we mature, and we draw from our past experiences and knowledge. It is not real common for a forty-year-old to have a blister on his finger from touching a hot stove to see if it was hot or not, experience should have taught us that long ago.

Not everything that we will experience along our journey will be wonderful, that just is not something that is rooted in reality. We will have to go through some dark times along with the good times. We will face losses, pain, and discomfort, but at the same time, we will have abundant opportunities to experience joy, happiness, and peace. These experiences will be guided by our attitudes, and the choices we decide to make. If we are diligent in finding the good in every opportunity, we will experience much more of the positive things life has to offer us.

There is no way of knowing what you will encounter along your journey, or even how much longer your journey will last, but if you make a concerted effort to find the joy in the journey, you will find it and experience it too.