Robert Browning famously wrote: “a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?” But when you can’t quite touch what you’re aiming for, it doesn’t feel all that heavenly in the moment. Maybe heaven is not the fulfillment of our desires, but process of moving toward them.
What goal gives you joy in its pursuit, rather than its achievement?
Attempting to find a fellow employees phone number from a huge printed out phone list with only the persons first name.