“The end justifies the means.” Does it not?

I have a goal: to go on Mars and show that it can be done.

Scenario 1:
All my life I prepare for it, I attend all the conferences there are about the topic, I become an astronaut, I know space shuttles inside-out, I am part of a team that goes to Mars, and I am finally super happy! I have met my goal.
From a distance, it looks great! And this part of the situation is great. But it’s incomplete. While I was in pursuit of my goal, I rejected my family (they were disturbing), I’ve made no friends because I was super competitive, I rejected my house, I thought I was superior to most people.

Scenario 2:
All my life I dream about it, I am super confident that I would have been a great astronaut and that my team would have greatly benefited from my presence, but I never took the step towards it. Therefore, in time, I start to develop resentment, to hate everybody who has “made it”, to be angry with the world, to hate my life, to blame, to shame, to judge.

Scenario 3:
Is up to you 🙂
Play with it, add as many as you want. But always ask yourself:

When I draw the line… what exactly am I left with in terms of inner feelings? How do I leave this life: as my beautiful self, as my self-absorbed self, as my resentful self or … (fill in the dots)?

Your life matters. You matter. Life matters.

If you feel the need for a goal… choose life. It might surprise you. 🙂