Life is NOT a 'SPRINT'

Life is NOT a 'SPRINT'

There's this widespread fallacy that to be quickest and the fastest is the way to go in our lives.  Unfortunately that is NOT the truism that prevails in real life.  We need to clear up the air of all the fallacies.  THAT life is not a 100-meter sprint.  THAT life is not a one-chapter storybook.  THAT life is not a replica of those flashes in the pan.  THAT there is no shortcuts in life except if you are looking for those dreaded shortcuts towards doom, towards failure, towards frustrations, towards one-way roads where you're headed towards that dead-end.

On the other hand, there are numerous sectors in our society who do accept the fact that life is a marathon but the problem is, quite a number of us are still [stupidly] locked-in towards sprinting the marathon, [wrongly] thinking that the earliest bird catches the worm, that the best sprinter wins them all.  What's being overlooked is that in our marathon, the road ahead is not paved and smooth.  It's a 'rough and tumble' game of potholes, of landslides. of deep ravines and cliffs by the side, of rickety bridges we need to cross.  You can win the top plum in your sprint today but that's only a chapter of a lifelong saga you need to endure.  

BTW it is no rocket science to figure out how to survive our marathon in life.  Just one simple logical advice: 'PACE YOURSELF', no more no less.  Remember we're just humans and although we got our own fuel tank, that is finite.  Eventually, that tank gets emptied unless and except you 'PACE YOURSELF' and having that best judgment when to accelerate or when to just be in that 'cruising speed' good enough to sustain the longer stretches.

Alas, we can't be totally faulted.  Why?  Because we are just damn motivated.  We wanted instant success, instant gratification, those overnight success stories. But hey, that's more fiction than anything else.  You got to invest pain, tears and even frustrations before you reach that precipice of success.

So, where's the trick.  Nada, nil, nothing unfortunately. You gotta earn your spurs, gotta remain focused and committed, be consistently glued to your goals and never get distracted but the multifarious disruptions now happening in our lives.  Note that you don't have foes and enemies in your marathon except yourself.  Everything is within you, dude.✅✅✅