1. You are a traveler. Either you stay on a station or start out.
2. If you do not take a step, you'll never get anywhere else.
3. Embarking on a journey requires a goal in mind. Otherwise you'll wander aimlessly. Sometimes, however, you have already started out before you determine what your heart longs for.
4. To reach your destination, you'll need pointers. But to interpret the signs, you need clear eyesight and enough knowledge of the way.
5. Having a map and knowing how to use it don't mean the journey will be easy.
6. There are different ways to a goal. Either go the most commonly used way or choose an uncharted terrain.
7. Take care not to judge other's choice. Though everyone is looking for the same thing, we are given different capacities and markers. To each his/her own path. Allow others to choose theirs.
8. Few people would dare go through an uncharted land. If it's your choice, prepare to be alone.9. Being alone doesn't mean loneliness. You can be alone and still be satisfied. Still, it's natural to feel lonely at times. The thing is how you cope with it.
10. At many points in journey, you may find company. You can either welcome them or ignore them. But they'll be with you for a reason, which is often a lesson to be learned. However the lesson is taught and whether it's learned or not, better be grateful.
11. Most of the time, you can only have company for as long as your purpose in each other's journey is served. When it is parting time, learn to let go. One of our gifts is our freedom. Staying with a person or going is also a choice.
12. In an uncharted terrain, mountains and rivers will always be on the way. Either appreciate them or bemoan them. Mountains won't move and rivers won't change direction just to suit your whims.
13. Mountains can be daunting, but you do not have to climb them unless it's your goal. Most of the time, you just have to find a way around.
14. Rivers can be frightening, but there is always a spot where it narrows into a stream. You can either go where the river begins or just learn to swim across.
15. After facing a mountain or a river, you can be hurt. You decide whether you give up or just rest awhile to heal and start out again when you feel better.
16. When you're tempted to leave your path, ask your self why. If you think your goal is worth all the effort, continue and overcome your self.
17. Often, temptations come because you've overworked yourself, making you tired of your journey. In that case, rest so you can see how far you've gone. Then, decide.
18. Sometimes, you'll realize it's just the baggage that get you down. Even if it's hard, let go of those that are no longer serve you in your journey.
19. Each step is a choice that is supposed to be consciously taken. Check your pointers from time to time.
20. Determine how you're proceeding through different seasons and weather conditions, and know how they affect you in your journey. Then, learn to cope better for next time.
21. Don't just survive the journey. Enjoy no matter what. There is always something to complain, but there are more things to be thankful for.
22. Your journey can change the path you have taken for better or for worse. What will it be in your case?
23. As you affect what you come across your journey, you are also changed. If you are conscientious, you become stronger each day.
24. Whatever your journey has been, wherever it has taken you, know that a great Power watches over you. If you are allowing it to work on you and through you, it will certainly be a meaningful journey.
25. At the end of it all, the best gift you can take home is how much you've become the best version of who you are, not of another.
