Live the Journey

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Motivations and Intentions

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Aims and Goals

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Behaviors and Actions

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Life is a journey, not a destination.

No bird or fish or any other living creature gets from here to there in a straight line.

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Let's face it, straight lines are an abstract, a concept, an idea, an ideal, a figment of our imagination.

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Straight lines, like numbers, are real - as in really useful, but they do not exist anywhere in any kind of world...

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How about human endeavor? Have you ever gotten from here to there in a straight line?  Know someone who has? We are not talking about speed and distance.

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We are talking about personal or social endeavors. To think you should and can advance in a straight line is outright delusional.

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So, don't feel bad when you experience apparent setbacks. That's life! Just don't lose sight of your goals. Recover your motivations, and act intentionally again.

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You always have these options. They are yours to behold, at any time and space. Now, go wiggle on a bit...

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However, the wiggling need not be aimless, need not be without goals. Bees may not know about goals - even though goals are really useful to humans.

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Bees, I suppose, may aim - at best, like in generally finding and fetching honey. Having goals, on the other hand, requires some kind of abstract or conceptual knowledge.

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Goals are rather defined, static ends and not processes like aiming. Humans, since the days of Aristotle, are told incessantly of having to have goals.

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Goals can be like the proverbial carrot stuck out in front of a mule. Goals are really useful, especially if one adult human wants to persuade and compel another.

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Aims, however, reveal a process - that of living. A mood, an attitude, a disposition, a bias, a need, a want, a preference - these are the elements that account for aiming at something.

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And an awareness of overall aims in life helps people in adopting any specific goals - either their own or those suggested by others.

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Understanding what you are overall aiming at in life might help you behave and act in a more straight line - and offer you a perhaps more delightful experience of life.

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As Schopenhauer suggested, happiness does not come so much from the pleasure of achieving your goals, but from the avoidance of suffering due to unnecessary pains.

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