Enjoy the Journey

Last night I was watching one of my favorite movies, "Dazed and Confused". I love this movie for so many reasons, from all the great cars in it, to the fact that at 16 my now husband and I watched this movie together at his house and I got grounded for coming home at 3am because of it.

Every time I watch it I notice something new. Well, last night, I am watching this awesome movie, and a scene, that I have seen 100's of times struck a new chord with me.

3 of the characters, Mike, Tony, and Cynthia, are driving to a beer bust. They are talking about life and what is going to happen after they graduate high school. Tony brings up that he feels like this time of his life is preparation. Cynthia asks what they are preparing for, and Mike says death.

Here is where something sparked for me. Cynthia then says that if we are preparing for death, then shouldn't we be enjoying our lives now and enjoying the present now. AHA!

Stop being one of those people that go through the motions to get to the next best thing. Enjoy the process, enjoy the journey and then when you get there relish the moment. Then continue your journey to the next destination.

Along the journey you will have several wins some small, some large, celebrate all of them! But if your whole life consists of arriving and never the journey, if you do arrive, is it going to be worth all the time and moments that you missed out on?