Life is a journey, not a destination!

On a recent trip to the HIll Country, aka God's Country, I took a day trip to view one of nature's miracles called Hamilton Pool. Hamilton Pool formed when a cave over an underground river collapsed many years ago, creating a waterfall and swimming grotto. Once you park your car, you have to hike about half a mile or so down to the pool. As I was hiking along the rocky and somewhat unsteady trail, I found myself carefully measuring every step. I was looking down when I realized that I was so focused on my footing that I might be missing some of the landscape. I stopped and looked up to find that I was traveling right beside a gorgeous sheer wall of granite. It was probably about 75 feet tall and had the markings that only time, and a bit of help from the Creator, can reveal. It occurred to me that so many times in life this is the case. We are so focused on our destination that we miss so much of the journey. We get caught up in putting one foot in front of the other and forget to stop and look around at the beauty hidden in the journey. There were places along the trail that were very steep and surrounded by so many trees and shrubbery that the only thing you could see was the trail ahead. But if you kept going, eventually the trees would break and the shrubs would give way to a view of the river below and while out of breath, you couldn't help but forget about how hard it was to get to that point. Each of us has a destination. We may be unaware of what it might be. But don't get so caught up in your destination that you miss the beauty of the journey!