diligence - alive why

diligence

we tend to always be blinded by emotion
even though it is the harness in which we plod..
we don't see it
but we do see the goals that it sets us
and we tend to rush headlong towards those goals
so we don't see that,
strangely,
contentment seems to come also in the quiet
pursuit of these goals
as much as reaching them

so often we are not seeing the value of this
the value of diligence,
ie that the work in heading towards our happiness goal
actually generates happiness on the way
on "the journey"

(which is the opposite of the happiness that comes from drug induced elation)

part of the reason for this is that
in the quiet pursuit of a goal
the task at hand becomes the focus
and the longer term goal fades in preeminence.
when the goal set by emotions fades
we find a pleasant peace
as with enjoying a game of tennis without desperation to win
or quietly cooking not master chef style
we are somewhat released
from the hold that emotions have on us