Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 29oC, hot and sunny.
Today, I have to go to Copacabana to give a class to Dona Vera. I don’t really want to go, but getting out of the flat and being in the street is good.
Although working from home is very convenient, we must get out, breathe fresh air, walk, and give our brains a break. Otherwise, our home becomes a prison.
It is important to remember that we are animals. We are also social animals, so we must physically meet and interact with people. Meeting, talking, and joking with other people is good for our mental health.
When I’m not teaching, I’m working on the sites. When not working on the sites, I do housework or go with Perola for a walk and exercise. Everything is better when we are active. When we are idle, we tend to become lazy or without direction.
A lucky person knows what he or she wants every day. Even though it can be difficult to achieve your goals, you have a goal. A goal is a reason, a direction. It is what makes us, and without it, we are nothing.
Sometimes, we think we have a clear direction, but we’re actually deceiving ourselves. It’s essential to clearly understand who we are and what we are capable of, even if we don’t have all the skills to achieve our goals at that time. If you can think and dream it, you can do it. There’s always a way to overcome your obstacles and reach your goals.
Life is like the railway tracks laid on a steep mountain pass in northern Italy long ago. At that time, there wasn’t the technology to build a train to travel on those tracks up the mountain. Only after that technology eventually made it possible to create a train that could go up the mountain on the railway line that had been laid long before.
The people who laid the tracks had faith that one day, in the future, there would be the technology and know-how to build a train that could go up the mountain and take passengers to the top. Even though they did not have the technology, they still laid the tracks because of their faith. Life is just like this.
We have an idea, a goal, a desire, etc. We may not have all the skills and know-how to reach that goal when we are starting out, but as we progress towards achieving it, we will acquire the necessary skills along the way.
It’s like travelling down a road with small pit stops or service stations on each side. You must stop at these pit stops to pick up the tools, skills, and knowledge to overcome obstacles and resolve problems. You must use these opportunities to reach your ultimate goal or destination.
I’m working on my second website, which is almost finished. In the past two months, I’ve managed to build two websites for the first time with very little help from others. I’ve learned how to use WordPress, and I still need to learn a lot more, but I’ve accomplished something I didn’t know how to do before, and I’m getting better at it. This will make me unstoppable in the future.
This is why the journey is more important than the destination. This is also why we should know how to value the journey. Rather than just focusing on the destination, we should also be happy to embrace and overcome the difficulties that arise during the journey. Without these challenges, we would learn very little, which would be pretty dull.
We should also value the journey as the most enriching part. We often think that the goal, the pot of gold, the prize, etc., is the most important, and in some ways, it is.
However, the real value is in the learning process from our journey. If we don’t know how to value the journey, the final goal is nowhere near what we expected. The gold is in the journey, not the destination.
Have a dream, give it direction, and enjoy the journey!!!
A Dream=Direction=The Journey.
It’s a Tuesday of work, and I am one step closer to finishing the second site. I’m a little stressed with Yasmin at home, which nowadays seems quite normal. But everything is good.
In bed by 9.30 pm.
Thank you.
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Richard
