“We are more real in our simple wish to find a way than any destination we could reach.”
There’s a reason some of us like to travel so much. There’s a reason we enjoy the process of going from one place to another.
In many senses, the essence of who we are lies in the journey, the getting to where we’d like to be.
As David Whyte puts so succinctly in his poem, we’re constantly moving closer to finishing, closer to another, closer to losing faith, closer to saying something, closer to success, or closer to giving the whole thing up.
More so than any arrival, we are creatures that exist in being almost there. We’re beings that are on the way.
Because what happens when you arrive? You feel the temporary joy of completion. You relax for a minute. But soon enough, you start looking for your next destination. You need to move on.
That’s why it’s so important to choose the right horizons to chase. We have to find projects worth our time and energy, because life is the journey more so than any destination.