Accepting Your Journey Featuring Mishaka Smith

There’s a story about a lady who goes to a well every day with two buckets. However, one of the buckets had a hole in it while the other did not. Every day coming from the well the bucket with the hole would leak so by the time she reaches home there’s no water left. One day the bucket spoke and said. “Why don’t you throw me away, I’m useless?” The lady responded “I realized that you had a hole but instead of throwing you away I saw a new purpose within you. I had planted some flower seeds along the way so every morning on our way home you would water the seeds that now blooms beautiful flowers.” The moral of the story is that everyone is on a different path in their life. Your journey will never be the exact journey as someone else’s. With the struggles we face today especially when we are trying to keep up with life it can be difficult to accept your journey. Here are five tips for accepting your journey.

Appreciate yourself more – The struggles we face at times are hard and can be unbearable. So take a look in the mirror and reflect on what you have gone through to get to where you are now and give yourself a compliment or even a pat on your shoulder for a job well done for not giving up.

Don’t compare yourself to others- Comparison is the thief of joy. Always remember the opportunities we get in life and our learning styles are different.

Give yourself the opportunity to grow – Once you are able to accept where you are in life you will be able to look within yourself and see your flaws, learn from your mistakes and build on your strengths as you evolve into a better version of yourself.

Balance your life – It's easier said than done but when we are able to balance the things we do in our life we will be able to better enjoy every stage and chapter of it.

Show gratitude – There are so many things that we learn on a daily basis so as we go through our journey be thankful for the persons we meet in life and the lessons we learnt from each.​

All our journeys in life are different and they will carry us places we never imagined. Your life adventures will be unfounded naturally through the people you meet and in the end, will be able to respect yourself and appreciate your journey.

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