Looking for the shortcuts
You know that feeling that develops in the pit of your stomach. It is a disheartening realization when you discover that you have tried to bargain with the pathway to your goal. You took a shortcut, and by doing so only made the goal more difficult to achieve. J.R.R. Tolkien in the Fellowship of the Ring wrote, “Short cuts make long delays”
When we are talking about the pathway to significance in life, the seeking of shortcuts to get there becomes a major roadblock in completing the vision. Life demands determination and hard work. There is no shortage of evidence that many people do, in fact, try shortcuts.
If we could see the whole process from start to finish, we would undoubtedly see that the shortcuts would never led us to the finish.
Is it a legitimate thing to ask the question, Is there a better way? I believe the answer to that is a resounding yes.
The distinction between finding a better way and seeking a way to avoid the things that are required is a differentiation that is crucial if we are to find significance in life.
We should always work to find the best, most effective, most efficient, most empowering way to our dreams – and then we should give it everything we’ve got. When we give our full enthusiasm to the process we have embraced, significance is well within reach.
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