"Life's journey is a long wide road upon which you can find ample reward, providing you are prepared to travel it without being narrow minded in outlook, problematic in attitude or mean spirited in nature.
Life is a journey through past, present and future, not a destination. It is best travelled with an open mind that does not shut off the possibility of arriving at journey's end a better person than one was when setting off. It is a journey that is best measured in the number of friends made as opposed to miles travelled, accompanied by the amount of love expressed and received along the way.
On our journey through life we will explore, dream and discover and if fortunate in the extreme, we will find our inner self. Start your lifelong romance with loving yourself, for that is the best route to loving others. There will be some journeys that we must travel alone, but if we remain friends with self and God we shall be forever insured against isolation. We will never lose ourselves to hopelessness and depression or stray far from the path of goodness, so long as we use the resources that our family and faith have provided us with. All journeys of purpose start from heart and home and they lead us back home at the end of our day.
Be concerned more with your character than your reputation and make your life mean something to others. Life is much more than kicking ass, getting rich, owning your own house, achieving status and enjoying a comfortable lifestyle. Too many people waste their lives spending money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't even like! They will never learn to swim against the tide if they dare not risk swimming alone. The first big wave of contention to come along will drown them in the shallowness of their earthly ambition.
When we travel with open eyes, mind and heart, we discover that every prejudiced person that ever lived is wrong about other countries they never travelled. So embrace all manner of life as you travel your road; hold firm to your roots, be true to yourself and learn to love all you love with a passion that knows no bounds. Do all this and your final journey will be filled with happy memories of your past life. Even in death, your memory shall live on in the minds of your children and loved ones who will speak often with pride about the path through life you took." William Forde: April 10th, 2016.
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