Day 323 of wisdom
“Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.”
John Dewey
Success is not a destination, it is a journey, and there is no end to the journey of success, every point of the journey where an achievement is reached is the beginning of the pursuit of a new goal. One cannot relent in the constant pursuit of success but continue to move forward irrespective of previous successes. Attempting to soft pedal on the success journey is a recipe for retrogression and stagnation. Whenever we achieve success, it is most likely to be drawn into the thoughts of having arrived therefore, wanting to relax in our pursuit, but this will do us no good.
On the journey to success, it is not what we achieve that is more important, what is most important is who we become. Whatever we gather as a reward for our hard work can be taken away from us in the twinkle of an eye, we can loose everything our success has given to us, but one thing we can never loose is what we have become on that journey. We must therefore be more interested in who we become and what we learn on that journey than what we gather.
The joy that one derives in doing and performing the tasks that leads to success is second to none, As Greg Anderson would say, "Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it." In fact, it is on the journey that one learns more about the destination, when you skip any part of the process, when you try to find a shortcut to the next junction, you might miss a very important lesson that will be crucial in the later stages of the journey.
No destination is ever final, every destination is an opportunity to see life differently, it is an opportunity to explore new grounds, it is an opportunity to take up new challenges. The higher we go the tougher it becomes, and every new stage will require a new version of us, we must therefore work on ourselves to measure up to the standards the new stage require of us. We must see every challenge that may come out way as a stepping stone to greater heights and not an obstacle. Treat every destination as a starting point and not an end of the journey because success never ends.
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