Came across this interesting quote a while back, which speaks about the zen philosophy of life, which says that life is a journey and not a destination... well here are my two cents on what I make of it... As you go through life, you realize that life is indeed a journey interspersed with multiple milestones. So, the objective should be to make the journey as pleasant and enjoyable as can be. However, I feel it is important to establish one's priorities and aspirations clearly and also constantly work towards realizing one's potential to the fullest so that meaning can be given to the so called journey. The idea therefore is to have such a good time on the journey that the "destination" automatically becomes secondary nay irrelevant.
Couple of interesting quotes, one original and one from a book called "The Monk who sold his Ferrari". The quote in the book indicates the importance of focus and goes thus " If one eye is focussed on the reward, then there is only one eye left to focus on the purpose" . Simple words with a profound meaning and indicates how important it is to focus on the processes and methods rather than on the end result.
The quote that I have come up with is essentially to tell myself that while 'winning' is great, 'defeat/failure' is not such a bad thing, as it brings with it some important learnings/lessons. The goal ofcourse is to chalk more wins and keep defeats to a minimum. So now to the quote ...
" Sometimes I win and sometimes I learn, but I never lose for at the very core of my being is a winner who does not know what defeat is."
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