Having Direction – Alice in Wonderland and Possibilities
One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree.
"Which road do I take?" she asked.
His response was a question: "Where do you want to go?"
"I don’t know," Alice answered.
"Then," said the cat, "it doesn’t matter."*
I like Alice. Having direction makes the thousands of choices that shape life easier to manage. After that it is a matter of self-control (an Achilles heel for me too 
) and focusing on what is most important. Tall orders, both of them. Since many aspirations have some element of chance it is hard to put a time-limit on fulfilling them. You leave yourself open to the possibility of getting what you want rather than counting on a specific outcome. For years, I had a quote taped onto the side of my cubicle from actor Harrison Ford, which I now know by heart:
"Hard work and a proper frame of mind prepare you for the big break that finally comes along… or doesn’t".
*Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
True, was one of your aspirations to get out of the cubicle?
Yes – a more long-term goal I guess
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