THE JOURNEY

I can remember being a new white belt and thinking, Man, if I can just get a blue belt I'll be happy. A blue belt is good. A blue belt is solid. I can feel proud of a blue belt.

Of course, no sooner had I gotten my blue belt than I started to think, Man, if I can just get a purple belt...

And so it goes. Just like with everything else. You start off with a goal, thinking if you can just get there then you'll be happy and satisfied. But achieve the mountaintop and you discover the truth: it's only from the mountaintop that you can see the other mountains, the other peaks that you have yet to climb. And all of a sudden the peak you're on - the one you've been pursuing for years, maybe - seems way less interesting than what's out there, awaiting your discovery.

The journey never ends. We recommit ourselves perpetually and passionately to the next thing, never becoming satisfied or complacent. The journey doesn't end at black belt: it ends when we stop striving, stop searching for the mountains beyond. 

Commit to the journey. Get the teeshirt here.