While on a walk with my friend Taylor tonight we discussed how scary it is that life is seeming to move at the speed of light. Somehow we are already in February while I am sitting here feeling like Christmas was two weeks ago (anyone else?!) I mean I swear I was just driving home from work on Friday in anticipation for the weekend and suddenly it’s Tuesday night and the upcoming weekend is fast approaching once again! I tend to always look forward to certain events and before I know it they are in the past.
We talked about how badly we wish we could slow down time but we simply cannot. Although some days I wish were over quicker than others I am trying harder to embrace each moment and encounter I have during the day.
This morning I saw a friend of mine post this quote from Thomas S. Monson on her Facebook wall and it truly stuck with me throughout the entire day. I LOVE that it referred to all of us as “fellow travelers in this journey through life”. It deeply resonated in me that, as hard as it is to see at times, life seriously IS a journey. We have ups & downs + dead ends & twists + turns but at the end of the day we are all just traveling TOGETHER in this journey we call life.
I know I make mistakes but at least I know that I am definitely not alone. I am surrounded by plenty of other people that do too and I feel incredibly lucky that we get to work through them TOGETHER.
I hope I can encourage others more, inspire people, find things that inspire me, find the true goodness in others, accept help from other people, and realize more fully that I can’t criticize other peoples lives when I am far from perfect myself. Although, in the end, it may not slow down time but at least I can assure myself I am making the most out of the time I have been given here on this earth.
Excuse me for the ramblings. Just saw this quote and had to write some thoughts!
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