Life comes in cycles; birth (the beginning), life (the middle), and death (the end).

The Beginning:  Being born has absolutely nothing to do with you personally.  You didn’t ask for it or demand it; you just got it.  You had no choice into which family you were born or into what circumstances you were placed. This is the beginning of your life map. You didn’t get to decide the color of your eyes, your hair or your skin. You know nothing of bank balances, family values/morals or the country you live in. You take what you get and thus begins your journey. As a small child you begin to grow and your own individual personality begins to develop, but you are still pretty much at the mercy of your birth circumstances.

The End: Ah, death; just another fact of life.  Generally speaking we don’t have a lot of input into when and how we die.  Oh, sure, along the way we can make some life choices like good eating habits, good exercise habits, etc., that may help to put off death for awhile.  But, for the most part, fate ultimately determines death. The old adage “His number was up” comes into play frequently.  Although there are many types of death (accidental, preplanned, assisted, old age and so on); they all ultimately have the same end result. You are dead, period.

The Middle: the longest journey…

Despite our education and knowledge, it doesn’t mean that we will automatically make all the right life choices. Most people do not begin this portion of their journey by deciding to make a mess of it. None of us want to be losers in love or in life.  Rarely do we invite poverty to come live with us. But so many of us end up not getting to the destination we originally had in mind.  How then, do we, the most educated and technologically advanced generation, often end up making such a mess out of the greatest gift of all, life?

By receiving the gift of life, despite our early circumstances, it is truly up to us as adults to actively participate in the scripting of our life journey. Think of this journey as a trip. A road trip, if you will, ripe with roadblocks, sorrows, heartache and hardships and so on. Those things can and do happen in life; it is how you deal with them that will ultimately determine the next phase of your journey.

Have you made some bad life choices? Or, maybe you live a bit to close to the self pity or self righteous part of town? Perhaps you are frightened by the overwhelming responsibility of being solely accountable for your life choices? Well, unpack that nasty old baggage, face it, accept responsibility for it, and then bury it.

Write your life journey script thus far to receive an extremely revealing outline of where you are right now, and how you got there. Be brutally honest. You can do this in point form, written form; what ever form you like. Use the mistakes you have made to forge a new life path. Accept responsibility for your participation in any event that didn’t turn out well for you.  Touch on any or all of the following words, emotions and their meanings as they pertain to you personally, in any area or relationship both past and present:

Laziness/ Frustration / Fear/ Empty promises / Anger / Jealousy / Self Pity / Deceitful / Vanity/

Self Righteousness/ Sin/ Morals/and so on

Whether you are 25, 45 or 65 years old, it is never too late to re-chart your journey. But, unless you identify what you, yes YOU, did wrong in the first place, it will be very difficult to forge a new trail. If you are happy at Heartbreak Hotel, Poverty Prison, or wherever else you are currently residing, then don’t bother wasting your time evaluating your life thus far.  I wish you all the best with the rest of your journey.