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Originally Posted by magicman531
The journey doesn't fulfill me and accomplishing the goal doesn't fulfill me. Do you think it is possible to learn to enjoy the journey? Now it is just an endless cycle of goals, going from one to the next, but filling little joy from accomplishing any one of them.
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I absolutely think it is possible to learn to love the journey. I think that is probably one of the primary things we should be striving for in life. A bumper sticker summed it up, "There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way." So often we tell ourselves, "As soon as I do such and such, I'm finally going to be happy. I just need a girl, or I just need that job, or I just need more money etc." Then we get it, feel briefly euphoric and in a week or less we are thinking, "As soon as I get such and such, I'll be happy." The fact of the matter is we need to learn to be happy first. In fact, if you learn to be happy first, the other things come a lot easier. I've met so many depressed, destitute guys that just wanted a GF and knew that would make them happy. I think you well know that simply having a girl doesn't make a person happy. That being said, these guys I speak of are never going to get girls because they are so damn dreary and lame all the time.
There is the old question, "Why do bad things happen to good people?"
But a book title sums that up, "Why do good things happen to good people?" Because truth be told, while everyone must suffer at some point, good people that do good for others, and have learned to enjoy the journey reep the most benifits out of life. They are more popular, live longer, are healthier, report higher levels of life satisfaction, more stable marriages etc.
I could go on and on and on about this topic. But I'll stop.