Enjoy the Journey

I was listening to the song “ae dil hai mushkil”, beautifully sung by Arijit Singh and there is this one line from the song “safar khhoobsurat hai manzil se bhi” (the journey is beautiful than the destination) which just got hold of my mind. So true are these lines. No, no I am not talking about a travel journey which we do in our vacations but the journey of our lives. Each one of us has certain goals, both personal and professional; these goals are the destinations and the path through which we achieve our goals is the journey.

I think that more than the destination it is the journey part which makes the most beautiful memories of our lives. I remember when I was in school, I used to participate in dance programs and what I used to enjoy the most were the dance rehearsals. Sometimes the rehearsals used to be very easy and sometimes very difficult but still till date I cherish the memories of rehearsals more than the memories of my actual dance performances. It is because when we reach our actual destination we don’t spend much time there and move ahead towards a new destination but we take a longer time for the journey and learn many new things, get new experiences, meet new people and most importantly make many new friends. So it is important that we should enjoy the journey towards our goals.

Well as I am talking about the journeys, I know that not all the journeys are very smooth and happy; also not all the journeys are rough and not so good. In fact every journey is a mixture of both good and not so good experiences. Good experiences teach us very good things but the not so good experiences teach us the best things of life. But the best things cannot be learnt so easily because when a not so good thing happens we start complaining about it and most of us just want to leave the journey  halfway and hence abstaining ourselves from learning the best things. Only the people who enjoy the good as well as the bad experiences and are determined to complete the journey are able to learn the best things. I think it is better to fail, fall and rise again than to just sit back and doing nothing.

Also I believe that people who enjoy their journeys are able to perform better than the ones who don’t enjoy their journeys. I see a lot of dance performances and I have observed that what set apart the highest scorers from the others is that the highest scorers not only do their moves perfectly but while doing so they enjoy their moves as well. This is not only about dancing but this is true in everything we do. If you are enjoying your job you are able to perform better, if you are enjoying doing your business you are going to make more profits, if you are enjoying your friends’ company you are going to have more fun, if you are enjoying cooking your food will taste best and so on.

So enjoy all the highs and lows of your journey. Make some mistakes in your journey (yes it is absolutely ok to make mistakes) and make sure to learn from them and not repeating the same mistake again. Meet new people and make new friends in the journey, take help from others, give your helping hand to others, have fun and reach your destination, your goal. Be at your goal and enjoy it, then set another goal and start a new journey for this new destination and just keep moving ahead in your life and keep enjoying your journey.

Happy Journey…..