Summer road trips and Button Journeys have a lot in common. Both have a starting point, both have a destination, and both require refuels and adjustments along the way. So if you are part of the45% of Americans that will log some 667,000,000 miles on road trips this summeror if you are one of the 43 million Americans that will begin a new diet this year and spend some 33 billiondollars on weight loss products then keep reading .
Road Trips and Button Journeys
On a road trip, if you get a flat tire, run out of gas, have a rock hit your windshield , or experience any other of the myriad of things that can happen while driving, you don’t abandon the trip.You fix the problem.
You fix the flat tire, fill up your tank with gas, have your windshield repaired, or take care of whatever issue has arisen… and then get on with your trip. Oh you might call your best girlfriend and tell her about what happened. And you might cry some tears over the dent the snafu made in your wallet. But in the end, you hold to your vacation plans, and keep on your road trip.
Why? Because before setting out on your road trip you understood that there were some risks. You had counted the costs. And you were willing to begin anyway because you understood that even if there were some bumps along the way, the journey was as much a part of the experience as the destination.
And so it is with our Button Journeys.
In truth, we learn much about ourselves as we adhere to our food plan for the day, or push ourselves to exercise. We build character. We develop self-control. We learn to look at the not-so-great side of ourselves instead of anesthetizing our inner ugliness with food. And in the process, we discover that our growth really happens in the journey…much more than in the destination. In other words, our growth is in the process, not in the getting into a certain dress size.
Mmmm, perhaps that is what the Apostle Paul meant when he said, “I press toward the mark of the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” (Phillipians 3:14)
Debbie, I agree that it’s on the journey we grown. It’s important to love and accept ourselves while trying to improve, growing closer to God and working towards being the person we are meant to be.
Thank-you Connie!! Such a journey this is!!