Journeys End Paradoxes

Table of Contents

• The Journey Is Never Over
• The Journey Over Destination
• The Paradox of Endings and Beginnings
• Uncertainty and Hope
• The Journey Within
• The Journey of Life and Faith
• Obstacles and Challenges
• The Illusion of Destination
• The Journey as Evolution
• Other

The Journey Is Never Over

I want you to know that some journeys have ends, but not this one. This one will change you. Irrevocably." "Don't all journeys change you?" "It isn't the same." He leaned forward. "I, too, once journeyed beyond the stars." "What did you find?" His voice turned lethally soft. "That it's just the beginning.

For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn’t end.

For me, becoming isn't about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forwards motion, a means of evolving a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn't end.

As satisfied as I was that I had accomplished what I had set out to do, I realized that the journey I had resolved to take did not end after the completion of the book. I have learned that each journey begets another one and life has a way of exponentially creating new roads to follow.

Ours is a divine journey; therefore, this journey has neither a beginning nor an end... This journey has a goal, but it does not stop at any goal, for it has come to realise that today's goal is only the starting point of tomorrow's journey.

A true journey, no matter how long the travel takes, has no end.

It’s all about the journey, not the outcome.

Life is a circle. The end of one journey is the beginning of the next.

A journey once begun, has no end.

If life’s journey be endless where is its goal? The answer is, it is everywhere. We are in a palace which has no end, but which we have reached. By exploring it and extending our relationship with it we are ever making it more and more our own.

The Journey Over Destination

The journey isn't the vista at the end, it's the ever changing view along the way.

Crossing the finish line is paired with a sense of emptiness, having toiled over many months (if not years) and nothing remains for a fulfilled dream. Treasure the journey.

The finish line is the culmination of a journey. As such, we should never pay it so much attention that the culmination of the journey becomes the whole of the journey at the expense of the journey

And at the end of the day, there is nothing but the journey. Because destination is pure illusion.

It's all about the journey, not the outcome.

Sometimes we become so focused on the finish line, that we fail to find joy in the journey.

When you are on a journey, and the end keeps getting further and further away, then you realize that the real end is the journey.

There is a special sadness at the end of a journey. For it’s only when you get to your destination that you discover the road doesn’t end here after all.

In the beginning, I had considered these stops on my journey as interruptions – but I’m coming to understand that perhaps these detours are my journey.

The Paradox of Endings and Beginnings

Every journey is simultaneously a beginning and an ending: I was leaving my old life behind and starting on a road trip to find a new me.

Most journeys have a clear beginning, but on some the ending is less well-defined. The question is, at what point do you bite your lip and head for home?

Every journey has a starting line, but not every epic vogue has a clearly demarked finish line.

Everybody starts the journey but not everybody completes it; and even those who reach the destined point reach there in different forms and they form different destinies. Be careful as you journey in life!

The day is short but the journey is long.

Life’s a journey that goes round and round and the end is closest to the beginning.

One journey is over. It is time to start a second.

Growing up, loving, having children, growing old – and all this while we are elsewhere, in the long time of an answer that doesn’t arrive, or of a gesture that doesn’t end. How many paths, and at what a different pace we retrace them, in what seems a single journey.

Life is a circle. The end of one journey is the beginning of the next.

Uncertainty and Hope

How the journey started is not necessarily a reflection of how it will end.

We are all on a journey. But if it’s not the journey to which we were called, we’ve confused a journey with a panicked retreat.

Sometimes a journey forced is a journey wrecked.

We are so blinkered by progress, so preoccupied with where we want to go and how fast we can travel, that many of us have lost the ability to simply ‘stop’.

Every journey will take us to somewhere even if at the beginning it looks like taking us to nowhere!

The beginning of a journey is always uncertainty, but with uncertainty comes hope.

In the beginning, I had considered these stops on my journey as interruptions – but I’m coming to understand that perhaps these detours are my journey.

In the end, it is not by knowledge that we make our journeys but by hope and faith: hope that our walk will be worthy of our steps and faith that we are going somewhere. And only when we come to the end of our journeys do we truly understand that every step of the way we were walking on water.

The Journey Within

The longest journey is the journey inward.

The longest journey Is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest For the source of his being." page 58 The present moment is significant, not as the bridge between past and future, but by reason of its contents, contents which can fill our emptiness and become ours, if we are capable of receiving them." page 62

The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest for the source of his being.

The longest journey that people must take is the eighteen inches between their heads and their hearts.

The longest journey you’ll ever make is the journey from the head to the heart.

I feel it is part of the mystery of faith that things normally do not line up entirely, and so when they don’t, it is not a signal to me that the journey is at an end but that I am still on it. As I reflect on my own experience and that of many others far wiser than I, God seems willing to help that process along.

The Journey of Life and Faith

Sadly, many people don't make it through the storms of life. Or they give up or they start doing and saying foolish things and abort the journey altogether.It is easy to begin, but God is looking for people who will finish.The apostle Paul declared the stand that he would take in order to complete his journey:, But none of these things move me; neither do I esteem my life dear to myself, if only I may finish my course with joy. Acts 20:24

Every journey has a starting point . . . and it has an end. God meant for [life] to be filled with joy and purpose. He invites us to . . . take the rest of our journey with Him.

The word departure literally means to pull up anchor and set sail. Everything that happens prior to death is a preparation for the final voyage. Death marks the beginning, not the end. It is our journey to God.

Life is a journey. When we stop, things don't go right.

Your journey never ends. Life has a way of changing things in incredible ways.

The journey has but one guarantee: Christ promises to go with us and to bring us out the other side. Our Lord finishes what He starts. He does not abort His handiwork in the middle of its creation. He does not leave us staring at walking trees.

Obstacles and Challenges

Because some people see a wall, and assume that's the end of their journey. Others see it, and decide it's just the beginning.

We are traveling down a path with no happy ending, and it's too late to turn around.

Every Journey has it's own set of dark tunnels,diversions , exits and sources of lights. If we are not focussed enough, we will keep wandering and wandering in the dark tunnels.

Not all journeys seek an end. Some are their own purpose.

Because of impatience we were driven out [of Paradise]; because of impatience we cannot return.

Sometimes the journey you set out on is not the one you return from.

The Illusion of Destination

And at the end of the day, there is nothing but the journey. Because destination is pure illusion.

My journey with you is complete and your journey with me is incomplete

The journey is about coming home....There is always the return. And the wound will take you there. It is a blood-trail." (p. 220,222)

How far a journey, Lord?"His lips drew back and back. "A very far journey, Lady. Yet it will last only one long night.

The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time.

Yet know this: there is no such thing as an incorrect path - for on this journey you cannot "not get" where you are going. It is simply a matter of speed-merely a question of when you will get there-yet even that is an illusion, for there is no "when," neither is there a "before" or "after." There is only now; an eternal moment of always in which you are experiencing yourself.

The Journey as Evolution

You have travel too far to quit, may the grace of faith, keep you going in the forward motion to reach the ultimate goal.

My journey was not over, it was just beginning.

Life is not a one day journey and we must journey in life taking a step after a step, and considering the time such that we do not waist the time; knowing that in the end, we shall surely get to the end with a noble story after all our distinctive steps we took with a well balanced patience and impatience come to an end!

I have set off and found that there is no end to even the simplest journey of the mind. I begin, and straight away a hundred alternative routes present themselves. I choose one, no sooner begin, than a hundred more appear. Every time I try to narrow down my intent I expand it, and yet those straits and canals still lead me to the open sea, and then I realize how vast it all is, this matter of the mind. I am confounded by the shining water and the size of the world.

There is an end to every journey.

There is a powerful human compulsion to leave things tied up in neat little bundles. But every journey except your last has an open end. And any journey of value is above all a chapter in a personal odyssey. Its end is not so much a goal attained as another point in a continuing process. And the important thing at the end of a journey – or of a book – is to keep moving forward, refreshed, with as little pause as possible.

Other

The only way the journey ends is if you stop moving.

If sex is a journey, orgasm is the both the purpose and journey's end.

When you hit the point of no return, that’s the moment it truly becomes a journey. If you can still turn back, it’s not really a journey.

Our route had now obviously been completely blotted out and here I reckoned less of our chances of survival. We’re like a voyage ship veered off course by a ruthless storm now left with no radar or compass. Ours is a sorry tale of an unpredictable adventure. One moment it seem like we’re going home to mama’s warm embrace and tears of joy, the next moment we feel helplessly immersed in the blackness of hopelessness.” - Dami K.

Do not despair. We will glimpse another track; we fill find another route. The day that is not this will come. The time that is not this will be.

Every journey taken always includes the path not taken, the detour through hell, the crossroads of indecision and the long way home.

A journey is time suspended.

When our exhausting travels have come to an endWe find ourselves desperate to begin againThough the journey was without destinationLife on an aimless road is better than none

The vision may be the destination but the journey began with a past which will stay connected whatever the sages may say against it - there is always a hyperlink.

All journeys meet crossroads. Where the river ends, the ocean begins. We must have the courage to embark on these journeys, to choose our paths, and to let go of the boat once we are across the river.

A journey, after all, neither begins in the instant we set out, nor ends when we have reached our door step once again. It starts much earlier and is really never over, because the film of memory continues running on inside of us long after we have come to a physical standstill. Indeed, there exists something like a contagion of travel, and the disease is essentially incurable.

A man who embarks on a journey must know when to end it.

The beginning of a journey doesn't justify the end

We all must travel,' the driver said, keeping his eyes on the way ahead. His hands grasped the wheel firmly. 'It is the essence of all things, to move and change and keep going forward and backward and around. Even the spirits and the dead.

and there were times when i felt lost,but that did not stop me,for the further i went ,the more i collected myselfas i walked awayand the more i walked awaythe closer i got it to all,,,and in the end, i became the journey,and like all journeys,i did not end, i justchanged my directions.

Here is the truth: The journey to achievement is not a destination, it is only a stop over to the next goal.

The journey is the mystery…the destination the answer. If you don’t have a happy ending yet, you have not finished reading the right book.

All journeys begin in our minds and not on the road.

A journey, towards a mirage, never ends.

And yet, what seems to be the most intimidating now is not an end in itself, but only a means to a greater end. It must be achieved not because it will mark the end of your struggles, but the beginning of your journey towards the real destination. Remember, this end is but a means.

We don't stop, not even when we reach the finish line. It's a journey for life, Neve.

There are no dead ends in life's journey; there are no crossroads, no forks in the road. People who chose not to see reality, see the world as a tangled maze of intersections, forks in the road, and dead ends. These are illusions of people who follow the well trampled wide path woven out by others. This is not their true path. Life's true sojourn reveals a long winding narrow path that only you can choose. Few have the courage to walk it.

There is a turning point in everyone's life, because every journey has its end.

At the last stages of the journey, there’s no journey at all.

The perfect journey is never finished, the goal is always just across the next river, round the shoulder of the next mountain. There is always one more track to follow, one more mirage to explore.

Points of a journey do not matter when the journey has no destination, only an end.

A journey partly started is a journey partially completed. Take that first step. Dare to dream big.

Along this road, we won't stop moving forwardNot even if we become separated from one another.For us, most of all, there was never a time, never a place where you could just stand stillBut even so, if there were times when we were afraid, when we'd look back on it all and wonderWe'd just say that is was our destiny, wouldn't we?So we started off, all walking down the same road

The truth is, of course, that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time.

This is not the end of the journey. This is an important set of first steps essential to the journey's end, but not sufficient to get us there.

The moon and sun are travelers through eternity. Even the years wander on. Whether drifting through life on a boat or climbing toward old age leading a horse, each day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.

The length of the journey has to be borne with, for every moment is necessary.

Mr. Kaplan is the first traveler to take us on a journey to the jagged places where these tectonic plates meet, and his argument--that our future is being shaped far away 'at the ends of the earth'--makes his travelogue pertinent and compelling reading.

Sal, we gotta go and never stop going 'till we get there.' 'Where we going, man?' 'I don't know but we gotta go.

Along this road, we won't stop moving forward Not even if we become separated from one another. For us, most of all, there was never a time, never a place where you could just stand still But even so, if there were times when we were afraid, when we'd look back on it all and wonder We'd just say that is was our destiny, wouldn't we? So we started off, all walking down the same road

As my wise friend Didi has more than once observed about life's passages, every departure entails an arrival elsewhere, every arrival implies a departure from afar.

At no time are we ever in such complete possession of a journey, down to its last nook and cranny, as when we are busy with preparations for it. After that, there remains only the journey itself, which is nothing but the process through which we lose our ownership of it.

No matter how long your journey appears to be, there is never more than this: one step, one breath, one moment... Now.

If life's journey be endless where is its goal? The answer is, it is everywhere. We are in a palace which has no end, but which we have reached. By exploring it and extending our relationship with it we are ever making it more and more our own.

I have likened writing a novel to going on a journey, with some notion of the destination I will arrive at, but not the whole picture - which emerges gradually as a series of revelations, as the journey goes along.

The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate.

Keeping our eyes on journey's end is what we need - the place where we see at last the world that is greater than the world, the new creation that cannot be contained in present thought or social order or piety.

And follow me wherever I go?’ – ‘To the world’s end.

The vision may be the destination but the journey began with a past which will stay connected whatever the sages may say against it – there is always a hyperlink.

Journey before destination,” Dalinar said. “It cannot be a journey if it doesn’t have a beginning.

As my wise friend Didi has more than once observed about life’s passages, every departure entails an arrival elsewhere, every arrival implies a departure from afar.

If you can mentally see the end of the journey, then your body will physically find a way to achieve that goal.

Another journey lay ahead, home at the end of it.

The Sufi, realizing this, takes the path of annihilation, and, by the guidance of a teacher on the path, finds at the end of this journey that the destination was he. As Iqbal says: I wandered in the pursuit of my own self; I was the traveler, and I am the destination.

Even the longest journey must begin where you stand.

Mr. Kaplan is the first traveler to take us on a journey to the jagged places where these tectonic plates meet, and his argument – that our future is being shaped far away ‘at the ends of the earth’ – makes his travelogue pertinent and compelling reading.

What is the reason?′ ‘Finish your journey and you will know.

My journey with you is complete and your journey with me is incomplete.

Life is a journey. When we stop, things don’t go right.

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