Travel Lessons

  Whether you've been on your road for a long time or a short time doesn't matter. The question is... what have you learned from your journey? There are always lessons to be learned each day if you are open to them. There are also discoveries to make, people to interact with... actually your day is full. But you have to be willing to be involved with what you learn, discover, meet.

  Not all lessons are pleasant but all lessons provide you with new or renewed learning and discoveries. How you integrate them into your frame of reference is the more important question. Every day life teaches us new lessons or reinforces lessons already learned. But sometimes it is a brand new learning. It makes no difference if 'everyone knows', when it's new to you - it's a new learning. There may be nothing new under the sun but since not everyone knows everything, every day has the possibility to provide new learnings or new understandings.... that's exciting!

  However, the caveat in this is that it is our responsibility to put to use what we discover and learn. Simply because life presents lessons means nothing until the lessons are applied. Most of the time, life lessons on our journey are experiential learned. These kinds of learnings have immediate application. What is learned typically stays with you always and it underscores other learnings.

  What also needs to be acknowledged is that there are negative lessons as well as positive ones. How we relate to the day typically depends on which of the two we emphasize and focus on. Both teach, both tell us more about ourselves and how we react. Both are indispensable for growth. The life lessons we learn on our journey are not experienced or maintained in isolation. They are building blocks - sometimes they complement each other, occasionally they seem to contradict. Together, though, they form how we interact with our world.

  So what are the Life Lessons discovered on our journey? They are those understandings that form the core of our individual MO. They are part of the vast storehouse of information but are the significant influences on our lives.  They also typically can be recalled in complete detail because they are our building blocks. Life lessons learned as we travel should also be shared with others on their road. Then listen to their lessons to increase your understanding.

...what have you learned lately?