Often in life we are
driven by certain goals for which we go that extra mile. It’s like a dream
which has been relived, practiced and thought about numerous times. It’s
something which always brings a smile when one is thinking about it and brings
in a fresh lease of energy in one’s actions.
What it also does at
times is that it brings about a singular kind of focus in one’s actions which
makes one feel that everything apart from their achievement of the goal is
trivial. The pursuit of the goal can lead to neglecting many aspects of life
and may take one away from the very things that actually matter. However, the
realisation of the same is always a bit too late and by the time the
realisation set’s in, the things that matter are far away and the goal very
close.
A scene from “Up in the
air” actually captures the emotion very well when George Clooney becomes the 7th
person in American Airlines history to accumulate a million miles. He’s been
thinking about the day and working towards it all his life but when the moment
actually comes he’s at a loss for words. Maybe even wondering if it was all
worth it.
Maybe it never is, but that's a subjective call and I'll leave it at that
