To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

It has taken me many years to realize that I am a goal-oriented person. Often I strive anxiously towards some goal, thinking that achieving it will bring me greater fulfillment.

Too often, I forget to enjoy the journey.















"To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive."

I keep a copy of this quote by Robert Louis Stevenson (author of Treasure Island) beside the chair where I sit and drink my coffee in the morning.

Reading it reminds me not to focus so much on what I want to accomplish that day, but to enjoy life where I am, right now, doing what I'm doing, and to be thankful for the journey.