A Traveler’s Destiny

-Tariqul Islam Siam

After all these years... I learned some things. I want to share them.

1. Sometimes luck matters, I would rather say but most of the time luck matters.

2. Sometimes our actions in a way feel like they are meant to be done. We are just acting as the vessel or the artifact that makes their existence feel real. Sometimes actions do us. We do not do them.

3. Believe in the power of luck. You just need to swim through the flow of life. It will take you to places you never expected. Whatever life throws at you, advance!

4. Sometimes situations will be in your favor. Sometimes it may turn worse. But in the end, both ways will benefit you. You will get some wisdom from each of those tiring or out-of-luck events and it will balance your life. 

5. Just live. You will learn from your life as long as you accept it as a teacher... If you take your life as your enemy, damn man you are doomed. You will never feel gratitude. You will feel lost. So, take your life as a companion in your short travel in this world; maybe as a travel companion definitely not as an obstacle. Life is not an obstacle.

6. You will meet good people and also bad people. The good people will accompany you and the bad ones... well…they will give you wisdom... Feel free to reject them at once. Feel free to say no. Not all people will stay with you... Even the good ones won't stay forever man. The journey shall end. Take the good ones as water in the desert. And the bad ones as the scorching sun. Nor will last forever. The sun will set. And as you go on You must leave the oasis one day.

7. Enjoy the fleeting moments as you pass your life. Life is but a memory.

8. The only lasting companion is actually none. So never say I will spend my entire life with you. You can't do that. You just can’t. In the end, you are alone. You were born alone and will die alone. Nobody will accompany you for a lifetime. Do not expect that. Just live like a traveler.

9. Harbor knowledge you get in your way… In the end, death is your destination. So, collect something that's going to accompany you for a lifetime. And you know what is it. It is the knowledge and wisdom you acquire.

10. In the end nothing remains. The scientist; why are they remembered, man? It is not we love them for nothing. We all are selfish men. Accept it. We are selfish. We adore them because they gave us the knowledge to proceed further and make our life comfortable. That's the reason the remembered are remembered.

11. Solitude is your partner. So better learn to enjoy the Solitude. So, in the end… really doesn't matter that much. Time will eventually erase everything. The awkward situation you are in won't last long, man. Just remember that this is going to end. We are not frozen in time.

Be yourself. Live… make friends ... leave friends. Make enemies… leave enemies… get company…let the company leave… enjoy the solitude… Everything will become a memory… Enjoy the memories… and then die. Don’t hold onto something in this transient world too much. And most importantly make your journey in this world in such a way that satisfies your lord... Your majestic creator. You must not regret it.

Thank you.