“Life is a journey, and if you fall in love with the journey, you will be in love forever,” wrote author Peter Hagerty. There is a kind of magic that awakens when we choose to fall in love, not with a destination, but with the very act of becoming. When we meet each day with a heart ready to pursue joy, curiosity and wonder, life reveals itself as a love story unfolding beneath our feet.
To fall in love with the journey is to chase the glimmer in ordinary moments, to let delight surprise us and to run boldly toward the experiences that shape us. Rumi counsels, “Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love.” That pull is the very heartbeat of the journey.
This mindset, this relentless pursuit of love in all its forms, turns every step into something vivid, every challenge into a doorway, every detour into a deeper chance to know ourselves. Love becomes not just an emotion but a way of traveling through the world. When you live this way, life loves you back. As Kahlil Gibran beautifully wrote, “Work is love made visible.” So, too, is living when you choose it with passion.
Let your mindset always be one of chasing the spark, welcoming the wonder, and again and again falling in love with the journey that is shaping you into forever.
Have a beautiful and wondrous day, a joyous and Happy Hanukkah and a magnificent Hanukkah week!!!
Thank you for the Hanukkah wishes!
I enjoy your column and incorporate many ideas from your writings in my public speaking engagements. The quotes are especially upbeat.
Lots of gratitude sent your way, Mike.
Wishing you a happy holiday season and a Happy New Year 2026.
Marjorie,
Hello on this beautiful day, my dear friend, one that you made so much more beautiful with your kind and generous words. Thank you so very much. It means a lot.
My deepest apologies for my delays in responding to your notes. You are most important, Marjorie, as we both know and treasure, it is all about people.
I promise to be more attentive.?Please take care. Thank you for being in my life.
Have a beautiful day, an awesome spring and a magnificent week!!! Life is so very good.
Thank you for your reply to my previous email, Mike.
We seem to be on the same wavelength, and I am grateful for your positivity.
I have included some of your thoughts in my soon to be published book.
The title is How to Share, How to Listen: A Guide for Coming Together, Finding Connection and Seeking Spirituality through Group Discussions. If you would like me to send you a copy, please let me know.
Marjorie,
Congratulations, my very dear friend, on your new book. I am humbled and honored to receive it. Thank you so very much for your kindness. Your best is yet to come.
My address is: 226 River’s Edge, Williamsburg, VA 23185
Have a beautiful and wondrous day and a magnificent week!!!
Mike
Just watch out for Peter Hagerty. He is not an attuned healer.
Full of good sayings but a disastrous practitioner who was warned many times along the path.
Thank you, my friend, for your counsel.
Mike