Thursday, January 20, 2011

Look At the Telephone Pole.

Too often, destination is thought of as the hardest part of life. Finding out what you want in life is what people think of when thinking "what do I want to do?"

That's not wrong.

Actually, it's right. We should think of the objective/destination as the end. The question is, how worthwhile are the means? When did we stop questioning if the end was justified within the means?

I remember.

It was when we realized that we want to be a determined culture. I want to decide that the end is always worth the means, when my end is so important to my own life. What's the point in my life if I don't have some destination?

And that's not wrong either.

So what is?

I think it's wrong when we let the end slip away because we're stuck in the means. If we start with the destination in mind, we stay on the road, within the lines, much easier.

When I ran cross country, we found a giant hill to run on. At the top of the hill (literally called "high rock rd.") was a telephone pole. As soon as we got there, my coach told me something like "Look at the telephone pole while you're running up, you'll forget how small your steps are, and feel the progress."

That's what we've got to do.

Look at the telephone pole.