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2007-07-13 10:44:35 · 13 answers · asked by Kimberly 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
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2007-07-13 12:05:21 · update #1
I think successful people are always trying to expand and think in the future, but I personally enjoy the journy more. I mean what a waste of life to not enjoy whats around you and completly focus on the end. Life is truely short, and people should enjoy it and try to enjoy everything life has to offer, not everything success has to offer.
2007-07-13 10:49:47 · answer #1 · answered by D.Z. Carter 5 · 2⤊ 4⤋
From my high school blackboard 40 years ago:
" Happiness is not a goal, it is a way of life."
A goal is just a stopping point on the journey of life. With out a goal, any port will do. A goal relates to your plan for your life. "If you dont have a plan for your life, someone else will, and you may not like their plan. Jim Rhone"
A goal, or destination is a stopping point. Relish the moment. But at the same time, you must be setting out for your next goal or wither on the vine of stagnation.
Thus if success is only found at the destination, it is surley short lived. Howevwer, if it is the journey that counts, then living successful happy lives involves : "the constant persuit of a WORTHY goal:" ...Earl Nightengale.
Unwanted:
those who like children, but say they cant afford;
Who would put a price on anything created by the Lord;
For who can tell the worth of rain, a moonbeam or a sigh;
The smell of earth, a gentle wind , a rainbow or a sigh;
For all these , and children ar gifts direct from god;
as beautiful as bluebells that nestle in the sod. anon
In my short life upon this earth;
Ive seen much joy, beheld much myrth;
But non of it from those that say;
"tomorrow is another day."
For striving win the best and fate
Is only left to those who stand and wait.
2007-07-13 11:07:08 · answer #2 · answered by richardbrendawalsh 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, not at all. There is a lot of happiness to be gained from anticipation, whether it's a new baby, (and it can be hard to focus on the journey here, if you're being sick!) a forthcoming holiday or something longer term like a career goal or possible publication of a book. Success is never guaranteed in anything, yet the happiness experienced in dreaming about it cannot be taken away, even if we never reach our destination.
2007-07-13 10:56:53 · answer #3 · answered by No Longer Dizzy 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Why focus on just one? Can you focus on a movie while enjoying the music playing in the background? Can you focus on a drive while enjoying the scenery? The truly 'happy' and successful people master the skill of focusing on the destination while experiencing and enjoying the journey as best they can. and instead of being 'happy' or 'successful' they become the self-actualized, fulfilled individuals that we all hope in a sense to become.
2007-07-13 10:50:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Neither. Happiness is an artificial construct. It is foolish and illogical to believe that some will be happy for each and every moment from one point in time to the end of their life. Any attempt to be happy all of the time is problematic approach to living well. It is such beliefs that drive people to such misery. Happiness, like any emotion, comes and goes.
I'll pass on the journey and destination.
2007-07-13 10:57:38 · answer #5 · answered by guru 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
hmmm, that's a good way of putting it!
those who are motivated by SUCCESS see the end prize, the finish line as what they are striving for. it's good to keep focused on your goal, but if you try TOO hard, the journey will fall by the wayside as you squint into the twilight looking for that elusive end result. ('journey' meaning family, qualtiy of life, enjoyment, etc.)
those who happily enjoy the JOURNEY might dally a bit longer than another would, looking to and fro to see what's around them, and lose their focus on the road they were on, and the potential rewards. which is ALSO okay, because they might find different rewards along the way.
i think the 2nd version is most like me. benefits- flexible, not worried about what others might think, open to new experiences. disadvantages- easily thrown off-task, visionary but not so practical. BUT- oh-so-happy. REALLY :)
2007-07-14 02:24:55 · answer #6 · answered by patzky99 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I have to answer that both hold value to me. I am both successful and happy and therefore do not consider the two as mutually exclusive. for me it is a matter of knowing which matters and when. i focus on destinations when traveling from A to B. I focus on the journey when dancing. :-)
2007-07-13 10:52:32 · answer #7 · answered by billnzan 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Why do you imply that successful people cannot be happy???
I know many successful people who thoroughly enjoy the journey, and arrive unharmed at the desired destination!!!
2007-07-21 01:01:49 · answer #8 · answered by Tessa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow! I never thought about this!! I think that happy people are focoused on haveing fun, and getting there. Successful people do focus on the destination but it doesn't mean they can't be happy!!!
2007-07-13 10:50:29 · answer #9 · answered by ***Lena*** 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Successful people always focus on both... the goal and the journey of life! If we minutely observe the career graph of successful people we shall find that a goal in life plays equally important role as the journey of life! Having a goal in life is journey half covered. Rest is all hard work, truthfulness, bulldog determination and willpower to win the end!
Most human beings feel disheartened and leave the journey of life midway when the engine of their life reaches 98°C. We all know steam generates at hundred degrees centigrade. What if they had the willpower to travel the extra mile... the leftover 2°C? When I was 11 years of age I had a desire to see and meet God in this very life.
By 13 years of age... my desire turned into conviction! No matter what... comes whatever may... I shall see and meet God in this very life! Who knows what I shall be in the next manifestation... things simply cannot be left to chance! By 15 years of age I gave notice to my mother that if necessary I would leave the confines of the family for meditating in the confines of deep dense jungles (forests).
Having finalized my life goal early in life had its merits! I have come across people who even at 60 years of age spoke of traveling the spiritual path but neither have neither the willpower nor the inclination to start the journey! At 60 years of age their plea is... I have to take care of my grandchildren and only after that I can proceed on the spiritual journey. Can anyone asks these poor people... what they feel they can accomplish at 80 years of age!
Such people are slaves of their habits. They neither have the inclination, the bent of mind nor the willpower required to travel the uncharted path of spirituality! Traveling the spiritual path is not easy. Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ and Prophet Mohammed... all traveled the spiritual path and gained enlightenment (kaivalya jnana) and finally salvation (moksha) in their lifetime! How many Mahaviras and Gautama Buddhas do we come across in daily life!
25 years of patient practice of yoga and meditation and lo, I came face-to-face with God Almighty on one-to-one basis! On the 3rd of August, 1993 I finally realized God! I can now commune with God any moment of my life on a permanent basis! It is an experience that can never be expressed in words. Having reached the Mount Everest of spiritual life... I shall but go to the kingdom of God (aka Baikuntha in Hinduism) the moment I leave my mortal frame! More on Success in Life - http://www.godrealized.org/story_of_my_personal_experience.html
2007-07-20 18:10:33 · answer #10 · answered by godrealized 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋