Journeys

The richness of the human journey is here. Listen. Pass it on. So that there will not pass from our future the enchantment that begins with the honored words, Once upon a time, long ago and far away, in a deep forest, there lived a child – much like you. – Anon.

Life is a journey, not a destination – we determine our destiny by the direction we take. – Anon.

In the middle of the journey of our life
I found myself astray in a dark wood
where the straight road had been lost sight of. – Dante Alighieri

But one of the things that has to be faced is – Ella Baker

Every time I say sure when I mean no, every time I smile brightly when Im exploding with rage, every time I imagine my mans achievement is my own, I know the cheerleader never really died. I feel her shaking her ass inside me and I hear her breathless, girlish voice mutter T-E-A-M, Yea, Team. – Louise Bernikow

The American experience stirred mankind from discovery to exploration. From the cautious quest for what they knew (or thought they knew) was out there, into an enthusiastic reaching to the unknown. These are two substantially different kinds of human enterprise. – Daniel J. Boorstin

An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered. – G. K. Chesterton

The journey between what you once were and who you are now becoming is where the dance of life really takes place. – Barbara De Angelis

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. – TS (Thomas Stearns) Eliot

Go West, young man, and grow up with the country. – Horace Greeley

The readiness to initiate the journey cannot be forced nor can people be faulted if it has not occurred in them as yet. The level of consciousness has to have advanced to the stage where such an intention would be meaningful and attractive. – David R. Hawkins

The road not taken was not your path. – Michael Lipsey