Trip or Trap

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said that - "life is a journey, not a destination." 

The proposition is arguably true but alas, a good number of people live as if they are in a "trap" not as though life itself is a "trip".

Life as a trip or trap could be linked to what is generally called the "comfort zone syndrome". 

This is so because a lot of individuals either by virtue of environmental constraints. age factor, academic or family background and many other "genuine" reasons have conditioned their minds to continue "enduring" a seemingly uncomfortable situation without making any personal frantic effort or taking decisive decisions coupled with the help of the Supreme Being to better their lots.

It is pathetic and painful that quite a number of persons have failed to discern who is truly a friend or a friendly foe and as such based their conclusion(s) on some critical areas of life on the "opinions" or "advise" of certain individuals they hold in high esteem without doing any further personal check with their maker in their own "little corner" and on their knees. Please remember, only the manufacturer of a product could convincingly give end-users the "valid product manual". Hence, seek your life product manual from the manufacturer (God) because He alone has the original copy.

Someone once said this - "Don't expect anyone to understand your journey, especially if they haven't walked your path." This might sometimes be true.

Although an African proverb said that "what a child will climb a tree and might not see, an elder merely sitting down will easily see the same". Please permit me to say not all elders but the most appropriate elder is your maker because He alone has all the answers.

Helen Keller advised - "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all." Hence, we need to come out of any form of "trap" and take "calculated risk" because although "a ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." (John Shedd).

I strongly believe that it is high time we thoughtfully identify any trap we might have unknowingly kept or found ourselves, come out and productively begin a worthwhile trip on this voyage of life.

Thus, having said all these to view life as a trip and not a trap, a closing remark was crafted by the renowned American Baptist minister, Martin Luther King Jr. when he said - 

"If you can't fly, then run, 

If you can't run, then walk,

If you can't walk, then crawl, 

but by all means keep moving."

May God Help Us All (Amen)