More on the journey

It's the journey, not the destination.
I heard this phrase at a yoga training nearly three years ago and it changed my life. Well, maybe not in the ways that people typically think of change.
I'm still me. Same body, same hair. Still married to my husband of 20 years. Still have four kids, the same friends, the same house, and the same, two damn dogs.
But, every day, these six short words play through my mind at a random interval. And, each time, I marvel at the simple wisdom and pure loveliness of the concept. It's like playing peekaboo with a baby or fetch with a dog. I never tire of rolling this fabulous thought around my brain.
Stop focusing on where I am going, why I am not there yet and what is wrong with me for failing to arrive. Love who I am at this point in time. Don't berate myself for what I am not or what I have not done.
Instead, catch every moment and delight in its beauty.