Abraham Lincoln Had It Right: Sunday Stream of Consciousness

So this is what Jana at Jana's Thinking Place had to say this morning:

“Emerson said, quite famously, “Life is a journey, not a destination.” I ran across this quote this week looking for another one, and remembered how much I love the sentiment.”

With this quote to inspire us, she provided the word “Journey” as our optional prompt for Sunday Stream of Consciousness. The rules are to write, about whatever we want, for five minutes then leave it be. Simple, right?

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"Live a good life, and in the end, it's not the years in a life, it's the life in the years. Abraham Lincoln"

Speaking of simple, I try to be in my everyday life. 

I strive for simple. I try not to over think things. Second guess. Rehash. Judge. I hate when I do.

I live in the realm of do-overs. Correcting mistakes. Sorry s. And imperfections within myself.

But mostly, I try to focus my everyday attentions on the things happening in my life right then and there. Not so much on things out of my control or too far from reach. My journey is one of aspiring to be in the moment. Being present in my one and only shot at this thing. Life.

It doesn't always happen this way though. My life is sometimes messy and complicated. That's life.

But I'd like my journey to be simple. Or as simple as potentially possible.

This wasn’t always my goal. My path. My journey.

I spent a lot of years “wanting” things, people, what I didn’t have, what I thought I should have.

To say the years have been kind to me and taught me to relish what I DO have is an understatement. I just have to listen carefully to hear it sometimes.

Life happens.

Things happen.

Then things change.

Sometimes your world turns upside down.

Quite a few years back, I found this sign. It hangs above my side door. And my side door is the only door anyone in this family, or friends for that matter, use to leave our home or enter our lives. I must pass through this door 10 times a day, 70 times a week, 300 times a month…well you get the point. But I only probably read this sign, acknowledge it’s meaning, once a week if that. It's just there. Hanging around for years.

For my journey to be a success, I need to “see” it every day and remember what is truly important in my one and only life. 

It’s always about the people.

The life in the years.