The Action Is The Juice

Allow me to quote this one-liner from the 1995 movie 'HEAT' of Tom Sizemore where he said:  The Action Is The Juice.  Point in that one-liner is that the thrill of the action is more important than the payoff.  In real life, that can be translated to mean refers to our desire to continue seeking the thrill of action even in the midst of life-changing twists and turns. In that heist movie, the very payoff [of that heist] fades into the background WHEREAS the thrill of the heist itself is WHERE it's at.  In the fewest words, the message in that movie was that the risk is worth taking.  Such predicament happens in our life many times and the way we arrive at our decision will either tilt it in our favor OR not📗📙📘

Many years ago, WHEN all I can afford as my first car was an old car where I was the third-owner.  And my very close friend WHO happens to know the INs and OUTs of a car mechanic, volunteered to tweak my car such that after I turn on the ignition key, that's the time I will turn on the switch for the radiator.  WHEN I shared that tweak to my boss then, he commented that that SMALL benefit is NOT worth it given the HIGH risk [WHAT IF I forgot to turn-on the radiator's switch].  Indeed, life does NOT tell us to take on all the risks we may stumble across.  WHERE does that lead us to?  It's for us NOT to forget OR miss out the fact that the best part of that whole journey is NOT necessarily the final end, the ultimate result BUT it's the journey itself every step of the way💧💧💧

On a first-person basis, I witnessed a father WHO worked for more than thirty years overseas and through the years, he was dutiful enough to ensure sending all the financial needs of his family, specifically his two sons.  And besides the financial aspect, given the distance between their home and the sons' universities, the responsible father rented a condo unit that was walking distance to their university.  NOT to mention that they had their laptops and iPhones, name it💥💥💥

Fast-forward as we speak now, very sadly, those two sons have NOT graduated from their respective university courses despite the fact that their hard-working father was responsible enough through the decades in fact.  WHERE's the miss [OR misses] there?  YES dude, without really nitpicking, the responsible father seemed so focused in complying with his responsibilities [especially the financial aspect] BUT he missed BIG TIME relishing the action itself😊😊😊

Our takeaway:  That's precisely the point here.  Let us avoid missing the whole picture.  True, we are so glued with and at that final destination BUT what is equally important is our focus as to WHERE THE ACTION IS.  Even the NBA coaches always remind their hoopsters that basketball game will last 4 quarters, so they've got to grind out the whole game and most importantly, they got to remember that the ACTION IS THE JUICE!!!