Its not where you ….

Earlier today someone said to me - in a knowing tone:

“It’s not where you start, it’s where you finish.”

This was said as though it was an absolute, unquestionable truth. And you know - the words and the damned tune associated with it have always irritated me.

I realise now this is an old blokes rant - but I need to say it! I do not simply disagree with the sentiment - I utterly disagree with it. It is not start points and end points - those are fleeting and used as markers. It is the journey and the experience along the way. A journey is not simply the lost time between leaving and arriving.

There - I got it off my chest!