Nothing is assured in life and that is why even when you forecast, you can only do it as a prediction. This statement above is not always woven into our daily lives, we are mostly bombarded with the idea of a happy ever after and fairy tale ending with a colorful effect.
Our manner of approach to life is sitting pretty on this basis and we cannot just wait to become whatever we have planned to be or achieve whatever we have set out to get.
Teenagers cannot wait to become adults so that they can eventually get rid of their parents and have freedom from control and live an elusive perfect and easy life. A single person dreams daily of the day they will hitch someone they love and be married, have babies, and as you have guessed it, live happily ever after.
A homeless or jobless person will have something to pursue, that dream job or that dream house, their fantasies are fueled by that need, and they live for that, waking up daily to pursue that destination.
Many people are solely alive for that moment of achievement, and they forget to live right in the present, they are so far away and lose sight of reality of the journey because we are so focused on the mountain top.
Our sights are set on the goal, and we cannot see the things that are right in front of us because of that. We are only looking at the destination. This is a reminder that the journey you take to get to where you are going is just as important as the destination you are going to.
You must take time to enjoy and appreciate the challenges of every stage, every turn, every route and every attraction. As you journey through life to the top, you must not lose sight of the beautiful now. It would be really traumatizing if you got to the top one day and realize that you have missed out on many dreams, purposes and aspirations because you journeyed too fast, you were always in a hurry to where you felt would be the best of it.
The same house you ran away from to gain freedom might be where you needed to be now, and you will miss the time you never spent with your family and friends. You cannot lose touch with the here and now. You cannot afford to have no memories and no attachments.
The top is very lonely and when you get there, backward integration is extremely difficult to implement. You must do that on your way to the top by creating connections that matter and relationships that would span decades.
This is the summary of all you have read so far, you must strive for the top and do not lose touch with the people and events that are happening in real time. The destination is going nowhere, trust me.
The process of anything is just as important and rewarding as the product and result, it is possibly even more rewarding.
