When we are given the same destination but we have to travel a different journey
Have you ever been invited to a special occasion that you didn’t feel like you belong because it was only meant for the elite? To be surrounded by important people who shared a similar lifestyle and popularity. While everyone seemed to have similar interests during a conversation, you have to act like you know what they’re talking about when you really have no idea what they mean. While these guests look like they have a tailor come to their house to dress them up for this occasion, you have to raise money, run around town to rent the cheapest tux you can find to be able to attend the party. While you have to rent a car simply for the occasion, others look like they’re chauffeur driven regularly. But somehow someone invited you to this occasion because they saw something rare and valuable in you that you didn’t see.
Life is a journey we all have to travel but possibly differently depending on our purpose and destiny. On many occasions, God gives us a vision but because of different background and experiences, we may have to accomplish it differently. There is always be possibility of finding medical students who had parents who can afford to send them to the best schools and hire all the services that prepares them for such an opportunity while it is also possible to find other students who were not as privileged but come from a single parent home but yet were able to study hard enough to be qualified for the same opportunity. The difference between the journey these candidates had to travel was one is a little more humbling.
Humility is valuable attribute to have to handle any position responsibly. Notice how Donald J. Trump has handled his presidential campaign compared to Ben Carson even though they’re on the same team. Same destination in terms of both men being successful but different journey in terms of upbringing. It is not in all cases being raised by both parents produces a child who grows up to make wise choices. There are those instances where the child becomes spoiled, abusive and arrogant because he or she has no real experience that relates to humility. Between both presidential candidates, who do you think would relate better to you and me?
Our real focus in life concerning any vision or goal we have should be on the journey and not the destination because everything needed to survive the destination is usually given in the middle of the journey. The impact we can make in people’s lives is usually dependent on how well we can relate to them, it is tough telling someone going through cancer they will survive it when we have no experience of the same disease. Never envy those who are privileged to fulfill the same purpose you’ve been given, even though you have to struggle 3 times harder to secure such an opportunity. They have a purpose like you have a purpose and in the end, you will be valued and respected more for how you show gratitude for the opportunity.
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