THE JOURNEY

There is a magical journey called life, a journey that takes you from a childish innocence to a rebellious teenager to a naive young adult. But that defining moment in your life, that turning point that opens your eyes and make you realise the harsh reality of the world we live in, that moment that changes you from a young adult to a fully fledged adult, that moment of acceptance that you don’t in fact know it all, that your elders do in fact have more wisdom and that you, you are just a human and your personal journey towards wisdom will be a long and strenuous one.

Ever think about this journey, about how we are converted from trusting, pure loving children into greedy, suspicious, over indulgent ‘adults’? When exactly do things change? When do we realise that people are not pure good or pure evil, when do we realise that not all humans are trust worthy and very few people are genuine? Who told us to look at what others have? To look at who is more beautiful, richer, and more successful? To want what was not meant for us... Why can’t we as human beings realise that what God has given us is sufficient for us, that He has given us what our strengths can handle, exactly what we need. And yet somehow that is not enough for most of us...

As a woman in my mid twenties (yes very young and a lot more to discover) I am extremely sad when I look at this world, when I see all the hatred, the envy, the malice, the greed, the complete discontentment of the average human being. I am however blessed to be in an environment with the rarest genuine, pure hearted people. I see adults well into their forties behaving like children, you would think that after forty years on this earth one would be able to stop playing the blame game, stop saying he did, she did and finally accept that I did, I was wrong, let me forgive myself, let me accept the people who want to forgive me and let me move on...

How long into our adult life should we carry this feelings of ‘not good enough’ or ‘I am too good’?  How long will we look at others before looking into ourselves? How long before we forgive ourselves, love ourselves and grow comfortable with ourselves? Is this when true wisdom will come? Seeing the world as it is today I have a feeling that we might be having very few people of true wisdom in the years to come, because age does not guarantee wisdom. Not if the narcissistic nature the media infiltrates into our lives persist.

 The famous quote from Spider-man, “With great power comes great responsibility,” can be adapted to this article as, “With greater age comes greater responsibility.” Let us all try and be more responsible for ourselves first, before trusting ourselves to be responsible for another human being. Our journey should begin with an open mind and an open heart; if everyone strived towards being genuine we would live in a much happier world. Let go of pettiness, and embrace all that is pure.

Just a few thoughts from my head  J