We form ourselves more by the routes we take than the destinations we reach.

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Destination or the Journey?
Destination or Journey | Santa Fe, New Mexico | Feb 2009

The destination is the same, but the journey is far different.

Given the choice, which route do you take?

Which is more important: the process or the result? The journey or the destination?

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Posted February 22nd, 2009 in How to Fail. Tags: destination, How to Fail, journey, photo, process, result. View Comments

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You know – the easier route is vastly underrated. Some of the best times I have had were on the easier route…
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The funny thing: on this hike I took the easier route
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One of my fears is that I constantly choose the steeper route…there is such a thing as too much risk…but you only know how far down you have to fall when you climb up to the edge and look down
Robert

Towards the crumbling roads and bridges in the modern world , We form ourselves more by destination and not by our journey.Result is important than the Process like BGI World Wide Logistics( http://www.bgiworldwide.com) which in turn provides quicker ,faster and secure results to reach the destinations..
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“We form ourselves more by the routes we take than the destinations we reach.”
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Marvin

I choose my own path, I never know where I am going but I have the same finish as the paths listed, I learn more, but I still have yet to get lost?? Its like I have internal GPS, my problem is that I know that I need to get lost to learn more.
BTW I am enamored with your thought process and ideas and how you create a chaos of ideas to form a single thought.
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I believe that we have to get lost before we can find ourselves…

And sincerely, thank you, that is an incredibly nice thing to say; although maybe I should learn to create a single thought without first creating the chaos
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I believe that we have to get lost before we can find ourselves…rnrnAnd sincerely, thank you, that is an incredibly nice thing to say; although maybe I should learn to create a single thought without first creating the chaos
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