Ryszark Kapuscinski put it best in his book "The Shadow of the Sun" (great book),
"Not having a goal can be a bad thing -
but having one can also blind you. You see
only your goal, your eyes are so set, you miss
a deeper, more important opportunity".
Goals: I have a set 'em and forget 'em attitude toward goals... for several reasons:
Reasons:
1) most were not truly MY goals.
They were adopted when I fell under
pressure to make goals.
2) many of them were short term goals I
managed to circumnavigate.
3) I made goals but I had no plans.
Little did I know, the two are not mutually
exclusive, so unbeknownst to me,
I threw in all my own obstacles, thereby
making my own goals elusive and I was
worn out by my own hurdles. If I had had
PLANS, I would not have lived ad hock and
I would have been able to foresee how the
things I allowed into my life were going
make my dreams a nightmare.
4)Did I mention that I'm an emotional gypsy?
I have more phases than a housing scheme.
I can't keep a thought going long enough to
put in into action - unless it's short term,
you know - hare-like.
I thwarted myself. Way to go. Hey, maybe I am a genius.
