Sometimes we get so blinded by something we want that we fail to understand that may not be something we need. Sometimes we have hopes that involve other people. We make plans but for some reason or another those plans weren’t meant to be. Sometimes your course isn’t always headed in the same direction as those we want to join us on our journey.
When the realization that someone we really want to walk with deviates from our path it means that maybe we need to walk alone for a while. Even when we have a partner our journey is our own. Sometimes we are headed in the same direction and it is nice to have a companion. We can grow and learn from each other. We can love and support one another but for everyone there comes a point when we reach a fork in the road.
That fork in the road comes in many forms. Some roads end, others move on to new adventures and experiences. There is always a fork. There are always those places in our experiences that require solitude those narrow paths we must travel alone. They are lessons just meant for us. They are designed to offer us periods of reflection and comprehension.
Some of these narrow paths make us feel lonely or isolated. They make us long for companionship. Some people thrive during this periods of solitude while others feel a desperate need to travel ahead quickly to a place when they can once again travel with another soul. For some one companion defines them. Other will have many partners along their journey, each provide a myriad of knowledge and opportunities to expand our understanding.
Having a partner in your journey is a blessing, even if they only keep you company for a little while. We should all appreciate our time with others. We should value everyone and thing that crosses our path. Whether they guide us, teach us or merely keep us company we should appreciate those legs of our journey because they are often too brief.
Harry
/ August 13, 2012Lovely post, i like the last paragraph.
SillyG
/ August 13, 2012Reblogged this on Three Months to Forty and commented:
Teri’s beautiful post hit home hard…
trjensen
/ August 14, 2012Thank you!
Bodhirose
/ August 13, 2012Oh, yes…I’ve seen many people come and go in my life. I no longer think that all friendships, relationships must be “forever” as I did when I was young. Nothing or no one is permanent.
trjensen
/ August 14, 2012It is true. People are here when we need them.
Lorna's Voice
/ August 14, 2012I’ve been gone a while, and I’ve noticed a dramatic change in the messages of your posts recently (at least recent to me). I really like what I’m reading now. You seem so much more centered.
trjensen
/ August 15, 2012My mindset hasn’t changed. I’ve talked about a lot of this over and over. I just wanted to explain more effectively where my precieved strength comes from. I am still the same girl. I am just in a very different place. I have had some much needed time to reflect and I am as I have said heppy with where my l8ife is.
That makes a huge difference in how and what I want to convey. Also, I am not dating. Well just one guy which is nice and fills me with a sense of ease.
Lorna's Voice
/ August 16, 2012Well, it sounds like you’re in a good place and I’m happy for you.
trjensen
/ August 16, 2012Thank you Lorna! I have been able to find some much needed peace.
iterlibertas
/ August 15, 2012Nice words I can only agree with this..
Harry
/ August 15, 2012As Lorna said, reading the last few posts its as if your a different person.
trjensen
/ August 15, 2012I think I am just focusing on different aspect of myself. I have discussed all of this before. I have just had some time to think about and articulate it.
MysteryCoach
/ August 17, 2012Welcome to you sweetheart
This is great … and why am I not getting these anyway? I’ll have to click it again … so weird.
Pink Ninjabi
/ August 17, 2012I really needed this reminder, and bam! There it is. How amazing are you! Thank you for lifting such gracious words to our ears.
Pink.