I'm incredibly curious to see where all of this leads me. I've always felt that I was destined to do something special, something great. I just wish I knew what that something is - or if it's all a delusion. Hopefully my 15 minutes of fame haven't already passed me by without me realizing. And hopefully I will be ready when the time comes. In the meantime, I'm in training - fortifying my character, deepening my skills, building my support network. I can't leave my chance at greatness to chance.
In an email exchange with SG, I was just telling her that I'd love to have a crystal ball and be able to fast-forward a couple of years into the future. But it's probably for the best that I can't. If things end badly, it would be depressing to know that now. And if things end well (or somewhere in between), it would take all the fun out of the journey. It's ironic, though, to have those words come out of my mouth. I've always been 99% into the destination and 1% into the journey. Greg Anderson, for example, said "focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it." I've always thought that type of idea was a bunch of crap. I've been laser-focused on getting things done and moving on to the next task to the exclusion, quite honestly, of savoring either the journey or the destination. Right before arriving at the destination, I'd chart a course to a new destination and set my sights on that new end-point. There was no time to enjoy what I had or was about to accomplish because the end-goal was always shifted out a little farther ... just out of reach.
Hopefully I won't do that here. It's always possible to learn more about yourself or to become a better person. Hopefully I'll savor my small victories along the way instead of constantly wondering what's just over the horizon.
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2 comments:
Hey dude, it was funny to read this post, because you talk about how you feel you're destined to do something great and you hope you don't miss your chance, but I was reading it thinking that you're already DOing so many great things and already are such a great person. I don't think you need to walk on the moon or nothin'. So I agree that finding joy in the journey is key--and also noticing your accomplishments and gradual growth along the way.
Here is a talk from LDS general conference called "The Abundant Life". In it, Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles says that:
Brothers and sisters, the abundant life does not come to us packaged and ready-made. It's not something we can order and expect to find delivered with the afternoon mail. It does not come without hardship or sorrow.
It comes through faith, hope, and charity. And it comes to those who, in spite of hardship and sorrow, understand the words of one writer who said, "In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer."
The abundant life isn't something we arrive at. Rather, it is a magnificent journey that began long, long ages ago and will never, never end.
One of the great comforts of the gospel of Jesus Christ is our knowledge that this earthly existence is merely a twinkle in the eye of eternity. Whether we are at the beginning of our mortal journey or at the end, this life is merely one step—one small step.
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