The journey is the goal, not the destination

Disney's Monorail from Seven Seas Lagoon
The journey is such a beautiful experience

 

Wake up, get dressed, go to work. Come home. Yada yada. For what?

Tricky isn’t it? Our goal feels like a destination. We’re headed someplace.

But the destination is not the goal.

Unless the destination is right here, right now, what’s in front of us.

Today.

Tempting to think we have to get somewhere, someplace far away. When in reality, we are constantly somewhere.

It is in the joy of the moment that joy is achieved.

Not at some final destination. But the current location.

Today.

We forget this. Then we remember. Then forget. Then remember. But mostly forget, until we no longer remember.

Don’t.

Today’s quick thought about our physical health is a click away, here.

 

Here’s how what’s possible becomes impossible

UPS tracking chart for iPhone 5 coming from China to Orlando
5 years ago it was impossible to click, pay, watch your iPhone 5 travel to you

 

To avoid a crushed spirit, resolve to enjoy your midlife celebration, rather than endure a midlife crisis.

What is considered impossible is simply the consensus of outdated beliefs. – unknown

Relentlessly, circumstances attempt to crush our midlife spirit. Celebrate your tenacity.

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This month jeff noel is challenging Mid Life Celebration readers to follow all five daily blogs about work life balance. To navigate instantly from this mental attitude blog to his physical health blog, click -> go to Next Blog