For as long as you live, you typically have your own personal goals and with those, your own set of successes and failures. We know that the ultimate goal is to set your mind straight and try to achieve as many things as you can while you are still able to. When you really think about it, how much of an impact can you even make towards your future? Aren’t we all destined to do something? Can we change our own future?

Well, the answer to that is entirely up to you. It’s likely that the final outcome won’t drastically change depending on your minor choices in life. Obviously, if you continue to keep fighting back the grind of life, a new path is bound to form. How much effort are you willing to put in though? A lot, if you are really passionate about your life going in a certain direction. Many people just go by the flow and that’s completely fine, too. Life is unpredictable and there are so many ways to succeed and fail. But, in the end, it doesn’t really matter where you are as long as you’re happy. As many say, it’s not about the destination, it’s about the journey.

Life is a Highway

Throughout this journey you call your life, it is inevitable that you will face problems, get into arguments, struggle, and make many mistakes. But, to help counteract these, you gain knowledge, character, and the true up and down experiences of life. Is that not enough? Even if these downfalls greatly outweigh the achievements, it is all a part of life. It’s normal. Nobody is meant to be perfect and no one will ever be. Life is all about the imperfections that make up a person and how they conquer them for the greater good.

I know what you’re thinking… what about all of the famous people out there. Though these people, who seem to have “extraordinary” lives, they had to get themselves there, despite hardships they had to surpass. Even so, there are some people who aren’t as blessed. It’s very likely that the obstacles got the best of them, forcing them to give up.

“And everything together, all voices, all goals, all yearning, all suffering, all pleasure, all that was good and evil, all of this together was the world. All of it together was the flow of events, was the music of life.”

– Siddhartha

Life is a journey, an unforgettable one at it. There’s no doubt we all try to live the best we can. It’s not where we end up later in life, it’s about the actual adventure that we had to conquer in order to get there. It may or may not be a messy one, but in the end it’s filled with lessons that make us who we are. There is absolutely no point in living if we can’t enjoy our time here. We must learn to appreciate the journey while we still have one. Once we forget the purpose of life and the joy that comes out of it, there is no point and we won’t be able to change the past no matter how hard we try. Whatever you choose to do with your one and only life, you only got one shot. Might as well make it a good one, right?