Life, a String of Journeys

Each time we begin a new phase, its the onset of a new journey, that has begun because the previous one ended. However, the journey that ended cannot be analogous to an exam. In life, you embark on a new journey, when you have completed your travel successfully, learnt all that you were meant to, and are ready to brace the next set of challenges. You cannot fail and move to the next step. Because, if you fail, life will not open the next door. It will keep teaching you till you learn it. A determined teacher, at that one. It is fascinating to realize that even before we know the end of the sub journey, we begin planning our next steps. Just like we plan our next vacation best, when we are on a vacation. And then comes life, making a fool of us by showing us the journey it has planned for us. If we look back, we all have planned our ends, but beginnings were never in our scope. We know we will finish our school, but "what next" factor continues to elude us. Each time a baby is conceived, its journey ends after 9 months. But, what is its gender, weight, color; we do not know. We do not know what the next moment holds for us. But, I hereby take the liberty to contradict myself and state that if we do not know the start of next journey, we obviously do not know the end of the present one. Life throws surprises and shocks alike, making life a bumpy ride. If you decide to do it your way, and challenge life, you are in for some rude shocks. But, if you let life plan, and keep your guards down, you will have some pleasant surprises in your kitty. Every time you feel things are not going "your" way, the culprit is you. Stop wanting life to be your slave. You are just a mere spec in the scheme of life, and you couldn't make a bigger blunder than assuming that you can live life your way. When you swam in your mother's womb, life was trying to tell you that, keep swimming, move with the flow, don't resist. If life throws oranges, its probably because they are best for you at this moment. If you keep getting lemons, you need to get your Vitamins of life in place. And, you will get oranges. So, learn from each failure, and till you succeed, you will not get the keys for the next door. Last but not the least, if you try and try till you succeed, you will keep trying forever. Don't try, just don't stop. Keep Going on!!