Do you have goals? Do you know how to complete them? Laozi, a
Chinese philosopher, once said: “journey of a thousand miles begins with a
single step”, and wow I like this quote already! But what did he mean by that?
Everyone has their own goals, and
they are not going to accomplish it in the same way. Some people have long term
goals, and some have short term goals, while some other have both. As seen in
learning, people who want to be doctors will try to focus on learning biology,
physics, chemistry, and mathematics. Those subjects are the first step of
becoming a doctor. How could you be doctor if you don’t even know where the
heart is located in the human body?
Going a little further, I have another simple example. Imagine
you’re on your bed in your room, and you need water. The goal is to get the
water by yourself. The first thing to do is to get up out of bed, get out of
your room, then go the kitchen, and get the water to drink, and congratulation!
You have completed your mission. As you can see, the first step is to get out
of bed. If you don’t get out of bed, then you cannot get out of your room, and
remember, you ain’t no Naruto. You cannot do magical teleportation trick
like him. You cannot go psheeewww then ended up at the kitchen and get the
water, then say, “ah! Mission completed!” You’re living in real life.
And yeah, I think I’ve gone too far (I don’t like watching anime
that much). Let’s get back on track, so the quote is a thousand miles journey
begins with a single step, after all the examples I’ve shown, the quote
actually mean to motivate you to take action. A thousand mile journey here means
the goal. A single step means the first step. So now the meaning of this must
be, “Every goal starts with a first step.”
The thing is that, if you wait for something to happen, chances
are it won’t happen. Laozi really wanted to encourage you to take your first
step in doing something in order to complete your goal, but still, to start
doing doesn’t mean to succeed. Have I ever failed before? Yes, I have! But I'm going to save it for later. :)
So, what are my last word?
Remember! Start doing, stop giving up, JUST DO IT! And stay awesome!
