The endless journey

Life is filled with stages. These stages are so many that after you finish a stage, you begin another. For instance, while growing up as children, all we wanted or were bothered with were our toys, cartoons, etc. We never bothered whether our parents had the money to supply those things for us instead we just threw our demands at them whether it was while shopping or when we go to the play park and so on. Children don't want to know whether things are tight or not. It's not even their concern. What they are thinking is not what their parents are thinking. All they want is that flashy thing that caught their attention while shopping and they only want to see that their demand is met and peradventure that demand is not met, it becomes a challenge and they will want to tear the house apart with their scream or will even want to make a scene in public; just as a kid I saw in the mall some day had to make a scene all because he wanted a mash mellow and his mum already got a couple of things for him, but because his eyes were on that mash mellow he kept disturbing for it and when his mum refused to get it, he threw himself on the floor and began screaming. That is their stage and with time they will leave that stage and begin to face more real challenges. We know the challenges that teens face, 

this stage comes with its own package. A teenage girl wants to have all the attention possible especially from the opposite gender and this would make her want to get all the flashy dresses, want to be seen as a grown up  already, wouldnt want to be told what to do and what not to do, and the likes. She definitely will come to a stage where she is thinking "if I can only do fast and enter college I'm going to be free from all these troubles". The college life also has its own challenge so it never ends. The truth of the matter is that after a particular stage in life comes another one that is even more tasking than the previous and if it is not managed properly or if a person does not prepare for the various tasks ahead, (s)he will run into a serious mess. Imagine a person entering into marriage without even understanding what it's all about or without even making any effort to learn the basics, such a person will definitely regret the outcome. Now, in understanding that life happens in stages, one must know that it's not everything that you should bother yourself about. Imagine someone that always wants to have the "current things", using phone as an example, if you are the type that always want to get the latest model each time. The truth is that you're  just running a rat race that will never stop. Reason being that even as you are discovering the "latest",there is another in production already so it really does not end there. Unless you want to keep chasing after these when you can use your time and resources for something more important.

If you reach a stage in your life, understand that stage. Know what is important and what is not. Don't begin to go back to a stage you have already passed. How you thought as a child should be different from how you thought as a teen and at the same time, should be very much different from how you think as an adult.

God is also very intentional about your process. Every stage you pass is very important and whatever you learn in that stage is for you to do better in the next stage. Every hurt, disappointment, failure, etc that you have passed through will be exhibited as strength in the next stage because you already know what to do. Nothing you've gone through is a waste!