Steem4nigeria Accelerator Contest Week 159: Life is a Journey

💐In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful💐

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• Guys hope you are all well. How is the weather in your place? Is there a cool breeze blowing or has the sun made the weather pleasant? Today I have come to share with you my new post. Which is about the beautiful and bitter experiences of life. Life is a journey. In which happiness sadness mistakes and many changes accompany us. Some experiences change us. And some explain to us the real truth of life. Let's reflect on our journey of life today.

◉Do you think it's better to focus on reaching your goals or just enjoying the ride? ◉

In my view reaching one’s destination in life is important. Enjoying the journey has its own worth. Yet the true beauty often lies within the journey itself. A beauty we frequently overlook in our haste to reach the end. Throughout life a person harbors many dreams. Works hard for them and keeps moving forward in an effort to realize them. Yet amidst this pursuit the small pleasant moments of life. The company of loved ones. And inner peace are equally significant.

Life does not always unfold according to our desires. At times the path is smooth. While at other times challenges arise to test our resolve. Therefore to me success is not merely about reaching a destination. It is also about how well one manages oneself through. The various circumstances encountered along the way.

For the true beauty of life lies not just in attaining the destination. But in moving forward along the path without losing oneself.

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◉What’s a mistake you made that actually ended up being a good thing in the long run?◉

To be honest I cannot yet identify any mistakes in my life. That I could claim turned out to be beneficial for me in the long run. Some people say that every mistake teaches a person something. However for me certain experiences were not merely lessons. They became burdens that left me exhausted from within.

The consequences of some mistakes do not strengthen a person. Instead they diminish their courage and self confidence. And happiness. While it is true that one may learn from one's mistakes. The price paid for such learning is often far too high. I am not saying that I have gained nothing from life. But I also do not wish to dismiss the pain of my suffering. By labeling every instance of it as a "beautiful lesson."

Not every hardship makes a person stronger. Some hardships simply leave a person silenced.

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◉Do you feel like you’re still the same person you were a few years ago, or have you become someone totally new?◉

No I am not at all the same person today that I was a few years ago. Time and life’s experiences have transformed me to such an extent that at times. I find myself longing for my former self. I am no longer who I used to be my way of thinking. My emotions and my perspective on everything has changed.

I encountered circumstances. And experiences that altered me from within. I felt deeply endured much. And learned things I perhaps never wished to learn. What pains me the most is that I miss who I once was. I feel that I was better the way I used to be. In the person I have become today. I no longer find that same innocence joy and sense of belonging.

Sometimes life changes a person. Yet they continue to yearn to reclaim their former self.

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◉Who is someone you met who changed the way you look at things?◉

The Person Who Changed My Thinking and My Life

Someone once entered my life. Someone with whom I had hoped to build a better future. I believed that their arrival would bring happiness peace and beautiful transformations. However life does not always unfold according to our expectations. As time passed I realized that this. Relationship had altered my life in ways I had never even imagined.

This transformation was not limited to my thoughts or emotions. Its impact began to manifest throughout my entire being. Even my physical appearance. The radiance and freshness of my face was affected. Certain circumstances can exhaust a person. So deeply from within that the toll becomes visible on their very face.

I cannot share every detail of my life with the world. As there are some stories one prefers to keep locked within one’s own heart. Yet I have learned one vital lesson. While aspiring to build a better life with another person. One must never lose sight of the importance of one’s own self. One’s own peace and one’s own happiness.

Sometimes the very person with whom we dream of shaping a beautiful life leaves us. In a position where we must. In the aftermath find the strength to rebuild ourselves.

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◉If you could go back and redo one part of your life, would you actually want to?◉

Yes if I were given the chance to start my life over. I would choose to live it from the very beginning. I would want to return to a time. When I was different from the person I am today. A time when my feelings my thoughts. And my perspective on life were entirely different.

Going back to the past. I wouldn’t just want to change the wrong decisions I made. I would also want to relive those moments. When I felt truly happy and content. I know that in reality. One never gets the chance to start life over. Yet there are certain desires that linger in the human heart. Refusing to fade away with the passage of time.

Perhaps this time around. I would make different choices. Interact with some people in a different way. And place greater importance on my own happiness. I do not claim that I could completely alter the past. But I certainly harbor a deep wish to live it once again.

Sometimes a person longs more for their past life. A time when they are closer to their true self than they do for the future.

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Thank you for being with me.

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