An adventurous journey...

Photo credit ~ Douglas McCall

“The most adventurous journey to embark on; is the journey to yourself, the most exciting thing to discover; is who you really are, the most treasured pieces that you can find; are all the pieces of you, the most special portrait you can recognize; is the portrait of your soul.”  ~ C. JoyBell C.

I came upon this quote and immediately thought, YES! Cheerful Acceptance can and should be the most adventurous journey you ever take.  You can think of it like a really good scavenger hunt.  The best part is that you, yourself hid all of the clues and the solutions to all of the riddles are of your own design.  

The journey will be different for each of us.  In the last few posts, I have commented on how our strengths and weaknesses make us unique...it is for that same reason that each our journey's will be different.  Each clue we find to our true self will lead us in another direction.  However, the goal remains the same for all of us...at the end of the journey we will have found our true selves.  There can be no greater prize that to come to the end of the long road and be able to embrace who we truly are.

Unfortunately, because each of our paths is so unique, there is no common map...no guidebook we can purchase....and for those of us from a younger generation, no cheat codes that will make the trip easier...or steer us clear of the pitfalls...and there will be some.

As I think about that last statement.....I begin to think....Perhaps the greatest part about this journey is its uniqueness.  Think about it...when you take an adventure up a mountain, on a previously made trail...you are having someone else's adventure.  The trail is set before you...and you need only follow.  This journey to Cheerful Acceptance is much closer to the first settlers crossing the Mississippi in to the Wild West....There is no map....just a general direction.....they were headed West...We, are headed towards ourselves.

It is natural to feel nervous or scared when starting a journey in an unfamiliar direction to head for an unknown destination.  We can only hold on to the knowledge that destination is worth the journey, and Cheerful Acceptance is well worth the journey.  Finding our truest selves is well worth it.

So there it is, the journey lies before you (I almost said path...but there is no path).  To paraphrase Lao-Tzu, "The journey of a lifetime [thousand miles] begins with a single step."  What is the step you are going to take today?  What strengths or weakness are you going to Cheerfully Accept today...without judgement?  Have a GREAT day!.....and safe journey!