Being Kind on the Journey

I don't have a writing related post today, not really. Jeremy Aldana once said, 'It's not so much the journey that's important; as is the way that we treat those we encounter, and those around us, on the way."

Over the past year I can't count the number of times someone has told me (or someone I know), "this is my path/journey/whatever, go find your own." And I can't help feeling that what is being implied is that we can't help one another on our varying paths or journeys because writing (and...