I think the destination and the journey are equally important.
Must people think that the journey is more important because it is what shapes you. The journey gives you experience, knowledge, and wisdom. It is in the journey where you have fun, and where you are tested with multiple tasks to see if you can overcome them. The poem Limited by Carl Sandburg says, "I am riding on a limited express, one of the cracks trains of the nation/ hurtling across the prairie into blue haze and dark air go fifteen." His quote represents how the journey gives you tests during your journey, and it can be difficult. Another quote says, "men and women laughing," representing how the journey can be fun. The journey makes you the person you are now, and it is also where you make some of the most important decisions of your life.
But then why bother so much with the destination? The destination is your ultimate goal. The destination is where you prove to yourself and others that you made it. All the tests you were put through in the journey are paid back when you reach your destination. Sandburg in his poem wrote, "Omaha" as the destination. The passanger reached his destination after the hurtling ride. Without destination there is no journey. Many people say the quote "keep your eyes on the prize." This quote represents that the destination is the one that motivates you to keep going through the journey.
In my opinion the destination and the journey are both equally important for the reasons shown above. They compliment each other. They go hand-in-hand.
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You're absolute right for saying that once you reach your destination you prove to yourself and others that you made it through the journey but what do you say to those people who never set a goal in life? Also, how do you react if you don't make it to your destination? Does that make you a failure? I disagree that both, the journey and the destination, are equally as important because not everyone has a destination yet, we all go through journeys.
ReplyDeleteI agree when you use the quote "keep your eye on the prize" but what happens when there is no prize at the end. This was a very good peice and it did make me look at both sides of the journey and the destination but I have to say that I disagree with them being completley equal. From expirience I have not reached a goal that I set but instead along the journey I found that something else was the goal.
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