Sometimes the journey is more important than the destination. – Umang Gupta
Success is a journey; not a destination. The doing is more important than the outcome. – Arthur Ashe
This week I choose to write about a fun filled afternoon I had at a virtual birthday party celebration last week. I had the privilege of creating this beautiful Batik painting along with my friends. The lady who walked us through this activity, gave us the following instructions, which I thought was very profound.
- Accept yourself when you make mistakes while you work on the painting.
- Take a few deep breaths, stay calm, and express yourself.
- And, finally don’t compare your work with the others in the group.
It felt like she gave all of us the essentials of life, through her simple language, and calm presence. It was a Zen experience and I felt totally aligned with what she shared, because these are aspects that come up while tapping on myself and with clients.
While all of our work turned out to be very beautiful and unique, I’m sure some (including myself) of them, must have felt that they could have done better.
To summarize, all of us are on our own unique journey, and we express ourselves in ways that is so personal to us.
It is not the destination that matters, everything is in the journey-where our soul gets to learn and experience what it is meant to.
This painting was a representation of our self expression, loving and accepting ourselves with all our strengths and challenges.
No matter where we are in our journey, we can appreciate what is unfolding in front of us and recognize that this is my unique journey!
Wishing you peace and happiness!
Until next time, keep tapping!
Meenakshi.