Oak Island, NC – One of our journeys to the ocean.
Do you remember to remember your journey?
Many times getting to where you currently are or where you want to be is an extreme struggle. You tend to want to forget the pitfalls and the things that tried your last nerve. However, that journey is part of you and you should remember and be proud that you made it; that you were able to reach the destination.
Remember Wilson from the television show Home Improvement? He told Tim a story about a gift. This isn’t verbatim but it is the deep story:
There was a child in Africa who wanted to get his teacher a present but he had no money. The child decided to walk two days to the ocean, picked up a handful of sand, and returned home. Once there he gave his teacher the sand where she said “But the ocean is so far away!” The little child responded “The journey was part of the gift.”
So remember, the journey is part of the gift to yourself. Cherish it. Journal it. Remember it.
Jeff McBride is a magician that I have been studying for many years. When I got into magic in my teens I was fascinated with some of the things he did with playing cards. Later on I would listen more to what he had to say rather than what he was doing in his act. One of the consistent things I would hear was to create a magical moment for someone just to be doing it; just to gift them that moment.