Had an interesting debate over dinner yesterday. Aunty Mei Ling was going on about how nothing else matters but the end result and my brother argued that the process was equally important and all that stuff, which is true and I totally agree with him but this reminded me of my first semester in uni.
I had to take this compulsory subject from the Psych dept called Leadership and Life Skills during my first sem and our lecturer absolutely loved making us relate and share our "life experiences" in class.
I recall the day he made one of our class a debate session, and yes, the topic was about how important the end result is compared to the process or as we call it.. The CLIMB.
After the endless rebuts and arguements; Meng took his turn to the center of the stage and simply said,
"Have you heard of Miley Cyrus' song, The Climb? Well ya, I know, I know... (he quotes from the lyrics) it's not about how fast I get there.. it's not about what's on the other side, it's about.. (he gestures at the audience) THE CLIMB............ You know, it's funny. So what on earth are we doing if we aren't aiming for the end result, the ultimate goal?? No, seriously. What are you aiming for????
It's the people who can't reach the end result are those who roll down the mountain singing about the climb! If you reached the goal, you'd definitely be singing about The RESULT! So yeah, your singing .."It's all about the The Climb, bla bla bla.. it's not about how fast you get there.." cause you..well.. ROLLED off the mountain. Period."
I had to laugh at that. HAHA! Though I agree that the climb and the result is equally important, this is funny don't you think? ;P
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