Goals, destination, I wanna be .. !!

While growing up we have been asked this question quite a many times, "What do you want  to be?", "What is your goal?", "Where do you see yourself 5-10 years down the line?".

The answer to it wasn't dependent upon what we dreamt to be, but what was told that should be our dream and to some extent the generation we were born in played a vital role in it. During 80's the answer was "A successful Civil Engineer to turn people's dream into reality", 90's changed it to "I wanna be a doctor to cure all illness", in my generation it was, "A Software Engineer to create and destroy bugs", these days it is "Anything which gives me quick money".

What if the same question is asked after you have been successful in your chosen profession, what should be the answer? As a kid I was told that a person progresses in life based upon goals he/she sets for him/herself. 

So when I was in school, my goal was to clear my exams, once exams were over, I had a new "same" goal but different standard attached until I reached college. During college years again my goal was to get through Engineering as soon as possible and get placed in a good company. I got placed in a reputed IT firm quite before my engineering was over, so that marks another goal complete. Now in IT industry, we do set our goals each year, despite that we switch jobs in search of a better company, better position, better money, Yes thats the unsaid goal during our career. So isn't this goal actually a vicious circle ? 

Imagine yourself in that "better company, better position, better money" situation, now there is no way further, you have reached the pinnacle of your career, what should be your goal now ?

If our life progresses based upon goal then there comes a time when we have no more goals to achieve, what is the driving factor for life now ? That just proves that "goals" isn't what should be the elixir of life. Goals are the targets which we want to achieve in life, not destination where one would like to stop and rest. Our life progresses not based upon goals but based upon targets we achieved, what makes a life worth living is that the journey to those goals is full of happiness. That we seek the roses along the way of life but aware of thorns !

In our day to day worries and competitions, we tend to forget small things in life, we forget to be happy. There is no ultimate destination which we want to achieve in life, it's "Ultimate Happiness and Eternal Bliss" which is the final goal of life. Citing a small line from Taare Zameen Par: "Dil khush jahan, teri toh manzil vahan !!"

 This post is just a reminder to be Happy coz that's how I will find my destination.