Our journey is for us to make and must never be compared to that of someone else. Our journey may take time, for others it may happen almost immediately. What matters is that we finish, not where we start or where we've come from.

As one door closes, another door opens. Other doors may close. Those doors were never meant to stay open. But for the doors that close, keep looking to find ways to open more doors. The message is simple; our journey is for us to make and finish, just don't give up.

Ilana Estelle is a mental health and wellbeing advocate who combines educational insight with her personal experience of living with physical, mental, and emotional disabilities. She holds diplomas in Counselling, Diet and Nutrition, Nutritional Therapy, Psychotherapy and Counselling, and Stress Management. Through her writing, Ilana supports others in navigating their emotional, mental, and physical health challenges. In addition to writing for The CP Diary, her work has appeared in healthy lifestyle magazines. Ilana is also the author of three books: Cerebral Palsy: A Story – Finding the Calm After the Storm, Spirituality, Healing and Me, and Survival: The Covid Years – Time for Change.

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6 comments on “Our journey”

  1. This is wonderful! I really needed to read this! It's a great reminder for everyone holding on to what is no more. Thank you Ilana.

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    1. Thanks Bonnie. Yes holding on, not letting go or not making a move. Today's blog is a gentle reminder.

      At the back of our mind it's important to remember that we all have a journey. Not to take or find out what that journey is or means, we're not only failing ourselves, but failing to live in the true sense of what living means.

      We will continue to exist, but that isn't quite living.

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  2. It's our life so it must be our journey to make ourselves and with your help; being positive is the best tool we can take with us on that journey.

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    1. Thank you. Yes, absolutely. Being positive is the tool to take on our journey.

      Good things happen when we remain positive, but even with obstacles in our way, (and we all have them) being positive sets the tone and helps us through the other end.

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