The Journey

"Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but doing it."

Well, whoever who said the above is an idiot and probably spent all his life not finishing anything. Whoever starts something to not finish it is one who is goal-less and without vision or objectives, not to mention having too much time on his hands to waste.

Me, I plan to reach my destination, as quickly as I can, because I do what I do for the sake of the betterment of humanity and the world we live in. I'm going to be pretty pissed off if all the time, energies and effort spent ends nowhere and the world is as screwed up as it was before I started. Then I say, jolly well don't even bother to start and just go live on an island somewhere.

The point is to focus on the end-point damn it. Because if it's a worthy and worthwhile enough a destination, then the pain and struggles of the journeying becomes worthwhile despite the seemingly endlessness of it, and the joy of reaching the destination becomes all the sweeter because of the journey.

For someone who doesn't know what goes into fighting towards a vision, I say go stuff yourself into the toilet. Mental fortitude is a pre-requisite as you shuttle between ecstacy, stress and "things I should have done differently" as you make decisions involving thousands of dollars. Emotional resilience is what helps you withstand feelings of self-doubt and inadequancy and periods of deep darkness before the light appears at the end of the tunnel.

It's a tough journey, and if not for the destination in mind, I'll through the "journey" and whoever said that stupid quote out of the window. Seriously.