Two frogs dwelt in the same pool. The pool being dried up under the summer's heat, left it, and set out together to seek another home. As they went along they chanced to pass a deep well, amply supplied with water, and on seeing this one of the frogs said to the other: "Let us descend and make our abode in this well, it will furnish us with shelter and food." The other replied with greater caution: "But suppose the water should fail us, how can we get out again from so great a depth?"
(FABLES, AESOP, SIXTH CENTURY B.C).
Do nothing without a regard to the consequence. This might make you seem less ambitious, but it is better to be cautious than it is to be regretful of ones' actions.
The ending/ambition/goal/dream of any human is 'everything', for without any of these, one cannot but phase through life like leaves on a tree. Leaves have no sense of belonging. They are produced, they thrive, they remain green, they wither, and then they drop to the ground. That is all they do, it isn't rocket science. As humans, the ending is everything; plan all the way to it, taking into account all the possible consequences, obstacles, and twists of fortune that might reverse your hard work and give the glory to others.
Most men are ruled by the heart, not the head. Our plans are vague, and when we come across situations that prove unexpected, we improvise. Now the problem with improvisation is, it only gets us as far as the next crises. if you are not a theatre or motion picture actor, a performer and/or an entertainer, it is wise to leave improvisation techniques to those trained in it. Whilst improvising a solution can come in handy, it only postpones the crisis, it is never a substitute for thinking several steps ahead and planning to the end.
(There are very few men-and they are the exceptions-who are able to think and feel beyond the present moment, CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ, 1780-1831).
On the other hand, there are those people who are very good at setting goals for themselves, these group of people actually get what they started out for, but somewhere along the line they become so engrossed in winning, so much that coming off the attack becomes impossible. In other words, they become greedy. In reality though, aiming for a goal and keeping to it is very critical in the long run.
The person who goes too far in his triumphs creates a reaction that inevitably leads to a decline. Desires and aspirations are 'very different' from goals and dreams, most people believe that they are in fact aware of the future, that they are planning and thinking ahead. They are actually deluded: What they are actually doing is succumbing to their desires, to what they want the future to be. Plans like this are vague, based on imagination rather than reality. I myself have had to deal with desires that are really not mine per say, it is quite common with young people, although i have come across certain young people who are very focused on the task at hand because it yields their expectations in the future. There is no universal law governing the extent to which one can aspire, there is however a law that balances consequence and action.
Objectivity trumps subjectivity anytime, any day.
(He who asks fortune-tellers the future unwittingly forfeits an inner intimation of coming events that are a thousand times more exact than anything they may say, WALTER BENJAMIN, 1892-1940).
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