Let’s Reach Your Goals Together

Some time ago I was traversing through the Atlantic ocean on a U.S Navy warship. I didn’t know what I wanted to do, but I knew I had to “be” something. Once I become something then I knew all the stars would align and I would be granted my happiness. I tempted the goddess of fate and discharged from the Navy to pursue my dreams. Pursuit after pursuit, milestone after milestone, the happiness escaped me. It’s as if being someone and reaching some sort of summit was going to cure my ailment of existence. It would be smooth sailing, the slow ride into the sunset. This seldom is the antidote to life, or anything really.

In reality after numerous pitfalls and adversity I sat in my despair. Defeated. Wondering why after numerous attempts and successes I felt this emptiness inside. Where was my happiness? Where was my treasure at the end of the voyage? Perhaps I had been operating from a faulty framework . Perhaps the treasure wasn’t at the end of the voyage, but was the rich voyage itself. Perhaps the golems that plague us are awaiting our correspondence, waiting for us to look inward.

The emphasis can be on success, or the process of success. The content or the context. How we look at our own lives, journeys and struggles can influence how we believe our own inner myths. It’s these myths can can deter us from experiencing the voyage as opposed to obsessing over the destination.