Is the journey more important than the destination? Sit back relax and think
deeply. I am not here to answer this question because there is no wrong answer
and there is never one right answer.
Oliver Goldsmith once said, “Life is a journey that must be travelled no matter
how bad the roads and accommodations.”
“The journey is the destination. That’s what you have to tell people”. Audie
Cornish
“The importance of a journey is not measured by the distance covered, but by the
destination reached”. Narendra Modi
“The destination is more important than the journey” Diane Sawyer
All those are quotes written by great philosophers of our modern world, and
what you acknowledge while reading each one of them is that their opinions are
mixed. Is it the journey? Is it the destination?
“Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than
the outcome.” Focusing on the journey also shines a light on what else you get
out of trying to reach your goals. You might not even need to reach your goal to
be successful. But somehow, somewhere along the way, the destination becomes
more important than the journey. We get so wrapped up in our processes, in
completing each step, that we forget to experience the stops along the way.
We have all been trained that the steps we take are simply a means to get to our
destination.
Every day, we set our alarms to get up, go through our morning routines, and get
to work on time. Throughout the day we check off each step in our To Do List, in
order to reach the time, we get to go home. We set annual, monthly, weekly and
daily goals in order to make sure we get to our goals.