In life, there is no destination, only a constant journey.
If you feel like others are ahead of you and getting to their destination in life faster than you, understand that they are not getting closer to an actual destination and even if they achieve the goal they are currently pursing, that is not a destination.
Life is a perpetual cycle of goals. Completing goals creates new goals. We don’t just stop all activity once we get one thing we worked hard for, right? We continue, pursue more goals, and keep going. Goals are like stepping stones. They are walking across stepping stones, just as you are, going from one goal to the next, and at this point in time it may seem as though their next stepping stone is closer than your next, but opportunities present themselves at different times for different people and different paths. Have faith that you are in the right place at the right time.
Sometimes you may see someone propelled to their next stepping stone so quickly it seems like life just picks them up like the wind and carefully places them ever so gently right on top of their next stepping stone while you struggle endlessly to even find your next stone. What you don’t see is what’s going on behind the scenes. Sometimes people are picked up quickly because an important opportunity is waiting. A person to meet; a conversation to engage in; a sight to see. Something that is necessary for their journey.
We’ve all been picked up and whisked away quickly and quietly to some of our own stepping stones. We just don’t seem to notice it when it happens to us. We take it for granted because we just don’t notice when it happens. We don’t notice it because we aren’t satisfied. Only when we are satisfied do we look around us and say, “wow, I’m here! I did it!” We are expecting satisfaction but we think of satisfaction as a final destination. And there is no destination thus we are perpetually searching for that satisfaction. Sometimes when we’re subjected to more questions, more situations and opportunities and choices, we overlook the fact that perhaps we are the lucky ones – we are given multiple opportunities and choices and are able to go at our own pace, while others around us are literally whisked away suddenly and they have no other paths to choose from to follow their dreams.
Ah, but the grass is always greener, is it not? When we get whisked away we wish we had more choices; when we have all the choices in the world we wish life would just take us where we want to be.
But you have to understand that some people have mere inches between the stepping stones in their lives; others have miles. Some people’s lives are paved solid with stepping stones and others are few and far between. But those stepping stones are not destinations. Once we reach one, we continue our path onto the next. It’s never ending. It doesn’t matter if someone else has reached their next stone before you have reached your next one. For all you know, that could be their first stepping stone while you’ve already reached hundreds in your lifetime. All that matters is that you are on your journey, actively pursing your life’s dream.
Comparing yourself to other people and their path in life is like comparing apples to bears. Stay focused on your dream. When you have a longer journey than others between your stepping stones, the knowledge and wisdom you gain along the way will increase the quality of your life and allow you to reach your future stepping stones without stumbling around or losing your balance.