{"id":1954,"date":"2014-08-24T11:51:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-24T16:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/happiness-is-in-journey-not-destination\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:01:09","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:01:09","slug":"happiness-is-in-journey-not-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=1954","title":{"rendered":"Happiness is in the Journey &#8212; Not the Destination"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-DFaxEUMlG_I\/U_nRRsFyeVI\/AAAAAAAAGAo\/Guitxbw8GJ0\/s1600\/Journey.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Journey.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAre we there yet?\u201d We don&#8217;t hear those words so often today from our kids because they&#8217;re entertained by their iPads and DVDs in the cars. But, I well remember, as a kid, when my family took the long road trips to West Virginia where my big sister and her family lived, saying those words quite often. I&#8217;m &#8220;dating&#8221; myself, but back in those days &#8212; there was no air conditioning in cars. Whew! It was hot, and all I could think about is getting to our destination where my nieces (the same age as me) awaited me and I&#8217;d say repeatedly, &#8220;Are we almost there yet?&#8221; The beautiful scenery and historical landmarks through Tennessee and Kentucky didn&#8217;t matter to me on this JOURNEY &#8212; I just wanted the DESTINATION. <\/p>\n<p>Many times, as adults, we, too, get more focused on our destination than being in the moment and enjoying the journey \u2013 stopping to take in the scenery, to smell the roses, to recognize an old friend in the crowd, to brighten the day of someone who needs a hug or encouraging word. And, often, in the \u201cjourney\u201d, with its twists and turns and bends in the roads is where we are shaped and equipped for what\u2019s waiting for us at our destination. Let\u2019s slow down, just a little bit, today\u2026let\u2019s look around and notice this beautiful world and the beautiful people that are a part of this journey with us! It\u2019s time for us to find true HAPPINESS in the joys and blessings of the journey!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAre we there yet?\u201d We don&#8217;t hear those words so often today from our kids because they&#8217;re entertained by their iPads and DVDs in the cars. But, I well remember, as a kid, when my family took the long road trips to West Virginia where my big sister and her family lived, saying those words&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[418,1173,11580,1812,11581,8444,11582],"class_list":["post-1954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-are-we-there-yet","tag-destination","tag-happiness-is-the-journey","tag-journey","tag-not-the-destination","tag-slow-down","tag-smell-theroses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2657,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954\/revisions\/2657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}