Life is a Journey not a Destination

When we ask questions sometimes they are not meant to be answered. The Big questions like is there a God, what is the purpose of life, why is their suffering in the world, how did life begin? Sometimes when we raise a question, we are not actually seeking an answer. We are simply wondering or initiating a dialogue. To stifle wonder is to crush passion, creativity, and freedom. A quick answer to life’s biggest questions not only stops us from wondering, but it make us feel unsatisfied, frustrated, or hopeless. We may feel like there has to be more.

Many questions don’t have answers. These questions are meant to be discussed. Answers are not found in a quick or simple response but in a life long pursuit of the truth, a pursuit of learning, experiencing, and discussing these questions. We find purpose on this pursuit or journey of seeking answers. This journey is one of formulating some kind of stable thought that will suffice for a time and offer some comfort or consolation. These temporary answers only satisfy for a time and then we begin to ask the questions again or in a different manner. After learning or experiencing something new, we reformulate or thought our prior beliefs. We construct a more solid and satisfying answer. The point of these questions is about the search or the journey, not the destination of finding an answer. Much more is learned in the pursuit then in the conclusion. Whether a completely satisfying answer is ever reached is not the sole purpose of asking the question.

Life is also a journey, not a destination to be reached. Having financial security, a good job, a house, a family, a wife, love, or success, although these may be important aspects of life to be maintained or sought after, they are not the sole purpose of life. What would happen when these aspects of life are achieved? Then the journey is over, the destination has been reached. Life can become depressing and meaningless. Choose a path that has a goal in mind, but would take ten lifetimes to achieve. Dream big and love deep. Have a purpose outside yourself. Let your life be about the journey and what happens along the way. Life is a give and take with others as we are on the journey together.

Let your life be a journey, a discussion, with no final destination or quick answers. Let your life be a search for truth and a have a purpose beyond just yourself.