Life is a pilgrimage.

 We all travel different paths, and yet many of these roads are similar enough that we can help others with our experience. If we can survive the trials, I believe we can help those who have suffered, or are suffering trials much like our own.

There is a connection between people who have gone through experiences that are somewhat alike. Relatability begets effective empathy that no university can teach.

The paths of our lives are designed to improve ourselves and to help others. We are not here to get more things. We are not here to rise above our fellow man, but to reach out and even down to lift him up.

We allow possessions and consumerism to control our lives. This will not suffice.

Imagine a world where people did not push political agendas.

Imagine a world where people did not hate.

Imagine a world where people thought less about how other people “are taking advantage” and focused on what they would be compelled to do if they walked in shoes that are not their own.

We must decide what we are going to do when life punches us in the face. We must decide if we are going to get up, take that trial and use it to help others, or will we become bitter and simply stay down.

Let us allow are weaknesses to become our strengths.

We are all on a pilgrimage.