Is success a journey or a destination?

-

 

IS SUCCESS A JOURNEY OR A DESTINATION?

What is success?  Success is state or condition of meeting a defined range of expectations. It is also often viewed as the opposite of failure. The criteria of meeting expectations depend on context and may be relative to a particular person or belief system.

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” – Lao Tzu. Success much like everything else in life has a process and a beginning. Joy is found in starting something. By taking the first step into the right direction, one is able to unlock potential which they have not tapped into before and test the limits to it. Curiosity is the sole core of all mundane beings and it is with such that propels us to discover the wonders of life exploiting each adventure to the fullest extent.

If you never start something, you will never get to finish it unless you continue persisting and you eventually get it right! Consistency is the key to success. Such is life with various teachings; you never get to finish this ‘game’ – life. Basketball as a sport for example, encompasses teamwork to fulfill its goal to success; winning a chip. The various members of the team have to pass the ball following suit with plethora plays to ensure the ball goes through the net as many times as possible while the opponent team defends their basket. History has proved time and time again that, if all components of an “engine” are well lubricated and well aligned, the machine will run efficiently; in this case a perfectly managed team is destined for success.

“I can’t change the directions of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination” – Jimmy Dean. A destination is a place to which one is journeying to; basically the reason for the journey. Everyone views the earth in a different light. We all have our own beliefs on how the systems of the world work and we each choose to believe it works in a certain way. To some people, success is a destination as they eye-ball it as the end goal. They toil tirelessly each day trying to achieve their individual goals anytime they get. The truth of matter is that they have every right to their opinion in that success is the goal within which we all are chasing.  

So is success a journey or a destination? The final conclusion is that success is both. The journey is the destination!

 You never complete success like a game. Once you conquer something, it is human nature to venture into a new field and try to replicate the same results there. In this modern era, we all are accustomed to the constant goal of “chasing the bag”; in Kenya's case ,“chasing that gunia”. These two phrases mean the same thing- to chase money or work hard/smart with the end goal being the reasonable amount of cash or balance in your bank account to fund the lifestyle one wishes to live. The journey teaches you unforgettable lessons which one truly understands when they get to the destination and thus this is the essence of success.

“Life to me is a journey- you may never know what may be your final destination” – David Russell

 

 

 


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Sept 1st & 2nd

-
Image
“What an old man can see while seated, a young boy can’t see while standing on the tallest hill.” My father kept on iterating this Meru proverb from time to time in his lifetime. Wisdom comes with experience, failure with every attempt of chasing that goal until eventually you learn ways of finally achieving success. The odds may seem stacked against each and every single one of us, and most times they are. Where most give up, the few are kept by the allure that success is just one failure away. Mile by mile, inch by inch, people fight tooth and nail with the hope that breaking certain accolades will bring some fulfillment to them.   Do you believe in fate and destiny? Faith that something is destined to happen and belief that, despite the uncertain chronological order of events, the outcome might be something unearthly, more pleasant and rewarding. Murphy’s Law states that “If it can happen, it will happen.” This phrase puts emphasis on living your life and enjoying each m...
Read more

WORKOUTS: AN ASSURANCE TO HEALTHY LIVING

-
Image
  WORKOUTS: AN ASSURANCE TO HEALTHY LIVING Working out is a form of art done for leisure and as a lifestyle for the improvement of the body; both physical and from a mental standpoint. Most people mistake healthy living in thought that it is only the food that a person digests. The poll on healthy living brought about the existence of vegans who take meat as an atrocity and may never devour it. Healthy living involves all sorts of things like what you feed on, the type of exercise you do daily and the amount of hours you sleep. The essence of working out is to boost the adaptability of the body to its environment and make it more mobile. Different sorts of foodstuffs have different uses in the body. Proteins are body-building foods; they are essential for maintenance and building of body tissues and muscle. Carbohydrates are energy-giving food; provide and store energy. Vitamins are protective foods in the body and have various uses in the body. Working out hardens the ...
Read more

LIFE'S CHANGING

-
Image
  LIFE’S CHANGING   We are growing older ‘real-fast’. Times are changing. We all know that change is inevitable and that nothing lasts forever. Everything eventually has to morph into something else, something greater. Back then, when we used to be kids, life was so simple. Happiness was not a currency. All that mattered was going out to play games with your friends and watching the clock run down as you waited for your favorite show to commence. Happiness reign free in the air and the atmosphere was just pure bliss (Immaculate). Each day had its own highlights (Moments of boisterous activity). Growth is essential. No matter how much we try to avoid the changes we face in our daily lives, we have to cope with them. Coping/adjusting to these changes is the definition of growth.   For us to evolve to the next big thing- at least experience a motion in our lives, something that is exciting (brings eccentric vibes), we have to experience change which adversely leads...
Read more