My Joyous Travel to a New Planet
"Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it." -- Greg Anderson That's certainly true with alcoholism. There is no destination; only a day-to-day journey. On the other hand, coming home from a long trip is to me nearly always a joyous destination. If I am working on a long project, the joy comes with the destination, not the journey. The saying can work either way, depending on the situation. That's why Mrs. Barber, in high school senior English, made us write an essay about journey/destination from our view. I wrote that the destination was more important, and I wrote well enough that I was chosen to read my essay out loud. I made perfectly good points to support my belief. One of my best friends, John B., took the opposite point of view. It made such an impression on me I still remember the essence of what he wrote, some 46 years ago. John told a story of future astronauts on their way to a planet so...