For me, it's the journey. We tend to learn the most when we're trying to achieve something or get somewhere - i.e. when we're not focused on learning.
2006-11-17 01:36:10 · 28 answers · asked by The Mad Shillelagh 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
for me , it can be either, or both
sometimes the destination (goal) is most important, the journey is just small required steps to get there,
others times the journey is the main focus, the destination kind of an afterthought
and then there is both, the journey is great, and its wonderful to arrive at the destination
to me, this applies to individual things in life, and life itself
and the weird thing it, my feelings on it can alternate, i might think today the journey is best, and tomorrow just want to get to the goal!
2006-11-17 04:51:03 · answer #1 · answered by dlin333 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Joy of Journey Is lost On Arrival At Destination.
2006-11-17 10:55:46 · answer #2 · answered by akshay s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think the right answer consists of choosing just ONE of these, i personally think that both are equally important in the sense that without one you wouldn't have the other. For example, yes, the journey is very important, like you said, there's a lot to learn on our way towards a goal or just any teaching experience, period, but without the drive to get there, to get to the end and be able to see what you've accomplished, i don't see any meaning in the journey. If that would always be the case, to me it seems that the journey is just a combination of empty steps with no meaning or aspiration, who would want to be part of something as shallow as this? Life is all about journey, yes, but without a destination to aspire to we would just be going around our lives blinded, going in circles with no purpose.
Thanks for asking, great question.
2006-11-17 11:47:09 · answer #3 · answered by Lexus-Nut 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I -would- under some circumstances say the journey.... BUT...
The answer is ... Neither.
Nothing is important. Importance itself implies that something is leading TO something else, which requires an acceptance of the need for a goal.... i.e. a destination.
Even if you consider the journey to be important, subconsciously you are only focusing on events that take place along that journey, each one of them being a journey itself and capped with a result which triggers a response.
As such the fact is that we only respond to results.... to the destination of every journey...
And the irony is that the final destination of all things is non-existence.... whence they originally came.... resulting in a net change of absolutely nothing.
So none of it means much to me. Its all irrelevant.
2006-11-17 10:10:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The journey by far! Life is full of surprises, both good and bad, but we 'need the bad' to fully know just how great the good is. I look back on my life and I realized that I picked up something, knowledge, experiences I would not have had other wise, new skills, my hubby and I built our own home, and I can do electrical, plumbing, roofing etc. and I loved it! Not only was I learning something new, but we were doing it together, and it's 'ours' as much as I love my home, I love the journey even more, those are some of my greatest memories. My latest journey? Raising my 16 year old daughter and watching all the changes, and loving our time together, and the things that she comes to me for, to teach her, our journey :)
2006-11-17 09:50:52 · answer #5 · answered by JazzyLynn 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with u...
Although I think both are important,, A journey without a destination can teach very little....
But the journey is actually where we can learn..
I remembered Paolo Coelho's "The Chemist" as soon as I read your question.. If you hadn't read it yet, I suggest u do.. It is the best illustration on how the Journey is really what it is all about!
2006-11-17 10:32:12 · answer #6 · answered by Ouzy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about the mini-destination where you become capable of enjoying the journey and shedding the past to move forward into a new stage of the journey where you can enjoy more of the journey.
2006-11-17 13:09:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
AWESOME question.
The Journey is more important only because you learn from your struggles and everything that comes along with. What good is reaching the destination without learning how you got there and without learning from what tried to prevent you from getting there. Without the experience from the journey, it will be hard to truly appreciate what you got in the end.
2006-11-17 10:48:04 · answer #8 · answered by Gemma G 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are both important. But the journey is where you grow, learn and expand. I do not think that in life any of us really get to our destination. We are all constantly growing and learning trying to get there.
The journey is where you actually experience it.
2006-11-17 09:43:49 · answer #9 · answered by foolnomore2games 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The journey because you never really reach a destination. You keep travelling through life until you die but that is not a destination.
2006-11-17 09:44:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋