LIFE IS BUT A JOURNEY

Believe it or not i truely believe in the statement above and if you don't then well wish you luck. I know there are many of us who have different ways in which we percive life and whichever way we take, it can either make us or break us.

There are definately going to be challenges here and there, there are those who have been dumped in relationships, those who are yet to be dumped, there are those of us who have hated others for one reason or the other, gotten mad with ourselves because of the decisions we made, lacked school fees to achieve that dream that we so much wanted to achieve, lost loved ones in one way or the other, have probably been told very hurting things, working under un bearable conditions and so on. I can never go through the whole list of the hurts, challenges or abuses we have all gone through.

Well, praise God because one fact remains, we are still alive and what are we going to do about it? sit down and cry until the world ends, tell everyone about it so that the whole world sympathises with us, hate everyone and live on our own, get mad at God for having created us or sit down and let the world take its trend on us.

Whatever route you choose to take, God will remain God, he will always love you like nothing else exists and will be there to welcome you when you style up from wherever state you could have chosen to take. Which brings me to the real issue here;

These things will always come our way, just like the title states, life is but a journey, there are always going to be smooth roads, rough roads, rugged ones, mountainous areas, hilly parts, cliffs, valleys, swamps, sandy times and so on. The beauty about travelling this particular route and not the smooth one is that its adventurous. there is going to be alot of site seeing, skiing, climbing, swimming as compared to the one on the smooth road and this means that along the journey you have alot to talk about, have so much to tell people about after every adventurous point.

This means that, instead of keeping our eyes on the ruggedness of the road, steepness of the mountains, uglinesss of the cliffs, lets go ahead and enjoy the view that God has placed before us, look forward to telling others of the awesomeness of God who has seen us through this journey. Lets not sit back and take everything for granted like the one who took the smooth road.

It is only through this kind of journey that our understanding, love, trust and faith in God grows. Even when we go through this journey, God wants us to enjoy him, be happy, let go of our sturbonness and depend on him for all. Therefore, enjoy your journey, get up every morning and ask God for a great day, he will surely and faithfully give it to you. The most weird part of it all is that only he can give you the strength and courage to go through this journey happily.

I came to learn this in my 1yr experience as a Production Team Leader at Coca Cola. With the pressure of daily targets not only in one area but about 4 different areas including a daily report on the performance whether targets have been met or not. Then comes the part where i had to face my Boss to explain why targets weren't met and where it hurts most is when from the time go he is not believing every single word you are saying. This went on with all sorts of statements about me and my performance. I got so fade upto the extent that i approached the regional manager to be demoted to a position i served before Team Leader.

He refused, i then thought of resigning but i still needed the money which meant only doing so when i have another Job at hand. I did so many Interviews with different organisations in vain to the extent that i was willing to go for a less offer than the one i already had at my present work place.

It was untill God brought ceretain people in my life that things started changing. I remember specifically two individuals whom i owe so much for the changes in attitude i have had till to date.
Isaac; your voice still rings in my mind so clearly as though it was just yesterday that we talked, your words "Pray for your Work every time before you go to the plant, ask God to help you enjoy your day, pray for your team members and pray for your boss that God may give him the wisdom to manage the department well. Give your best at work and leave the rest for God no matter what".

Joan; you are a sister and half and i still remember the times you encouraged me during those trying moments, these statements made a change in my perception of every thing from then, " out of the very many people in the plant, it's you they have chosen for the position beacuse you are the best manager for it and until God says he is done with you in that position, you will remain the best. Just focuss on your work, give it your all and leave the rest for God".

Ever since then i have enjoyed my work both in good times and bad, given my best and left the rest for God, chosen to be happy every morning i wake up no matter what and above all prayed for my bosses. It was only when i started doing these things that God moved me on to Mbarara for my new positon despite so much opposition that i hadn't been tested enough on the former position to handle the next. Well, deep down in my heart i believed God had spoken and hence i have moved. With the same advise, belief and faith i will continue doing my best and leaving the rest for God.

I brought this up because we ourselves have the biggest role to play on the way we live our lives. the friends we keep around us, the things we say, watch and listen to can either make us or break us. Go ahead and enjoy every moment of your life, live with the fact that God loves you despite your circumstances and situation. He longs for a great relationship with you just as you are and whatever challenges you are going through, only he can make it light , adventurous and enjoyable. Come, join us in the bandwagon of joy, love,trust and happiness that can kill you if you are not careful.

Be happy, even when you don't have to.

Keep a smile always.

Love you.

says Solo.