The first step in getting to where you’re going is knowing where you are going. And this is not as obvious as you might think. There are hordes of people going, but going in circles or retracing steps or… If you are going to a specific place then you need to consider the best, quickest, most logical path of getting you from where you are to your destination. Is this also true of how you approach your life?
There are certain… questions you must answer for yourself in order to know where on the continuum of leaving and getting there you are. 1- Are you engaged in the journey, are you involved step-by-step? If not, why are you going? Will you even realize when you have arrived? 2- Is where you are heading where you want to go? Destinations are reached far quicker if it is a location you want to be. Have you truly thought this out? 3- What’s your attitude about your journey? Excited? Frightened? Is it an adventure? Is it ho hum? And these are only the surface questions.
To get to where you’re going it is necessary to have some plan, a map, the resources to start, continue, and get you to your destination. If you don’t then you might find yourself wasting a great deal of time, resources, and energy. Or, far worse, being on the way and you run out of what you need to complete the journey. However, the biggest consideration in all this is – if you discover you are not going where you want… what will you do?
One of the greatest tragedies, in my estimation, is to discover you aren’t headed where you want but rather than making the correction you continue on. How unsatisfactory. Wherever you are, even close to the finish, if you find your goals have changed or circumstances force a change and what you want now is different, then be brave enough to stop and change. I realize that it’s easier to say this than do it and when you have others counting on you, then the ramifications from a change may seem overwhelming. But don’t waste you – you want your life to count for something – let it.
…but, what do you think? what do you believe?
