Build the bridges

FILL IN THE GAPS

Sometimes, you look at the path ahead, you see the destination, but you can't see the breaks, you cannot see where you need to mend the bridges, and where you need to construct new ones. However, you embark on the journey, knowing you will surely arrive at your destination, but not sure how to.

Steve Jobs once said, "You can't connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards." It is until you have treaded that path, built the bridges, and reached your destination, that you will understand why you have to fill in the gaps. The dreams may be clear, vivid, and magnificent; everything around feels like the perfect situation, but the work has to be put in, the start button has to be pushed, and the race has to begin. You have the map, you know the starting point and the glorious end, but you also have to identify the gaps.

The gap between the idea and the product, between the dream and its reality; between where you are and where you want to be is where doubts, impatience, procrastination, and many other obstacles dwell. That is where your work really begins, that is where you have to stand strong and upright, that is where you have to fill in the gaps, roll up your sleeves, get your hands dirty, and fight for what you want.

The magic is never in the destination, it is in the process. The gap is where transformation takes place. Filling in the gaps is not a punishment, it is the process of becoming. The grandest cathedrals are built one brick at a time, be patient with yourself. Stop seeing the gaps as burdens, see them as your workshop, your training ground. This is where you earn the ending. This is where the thick skin is built, your strength is reinforced, and the resilience that will make your spirit unshakable established.

To a better you, Kamikun John.