I am a goals oriented person. I like setting goals and I LOVE meeting those goals. So much so that I often times forget to enjoy the process of meeting those goals. I become super focused on where I am trying to get that I race toward the finish line and I miss all the great moments along the way. This flaw in my character became super evident to me as I went hiking with my kids and my sister last week. The goal was the mile marker. I had two kids who excitedly ran up the mountain and one who wanted to walk as slowly as possible up to the mile marker. My sister kept up with with the older two and I was stuck had the pleasure of walking with Layla. I spent a lot of the walk feeling frustrated that she wouldn’t walk faster so that we could get to the end. But then I started watching the other two kids running way up ahead of me, talking and laughing the whole way. And I realized I really needed to change my way of thinking. I need to learn to become less focused on the end goal and focus more on the journey of getting there. Because I’m missing out on a lot of great moments that come along the way.

Moments like this that priceless.