We all love the view from the top…but getting there, not so much.
Recently, I was in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In Toronto, there is an attraction named the CN Tower. It gives you the ability to see the city and capture some pretty amazing shots with your camera, but it also requires going up 157 floors in an elevator.
Here’s the thing, I’m in love with views, photography, capturing life’s moments, traveling, and seeing things (including cities) from a new and different perspective. At the same time, I’m not a huge fan of elevators.
As my family and I were waiting in line to go up, I turned to my mom and said, “I know that I will love the view at the top, but getting up there…not so much.” That turned out to be a very true statement. The view was great, but I still felt sick going up that elevator. I practically squeezed my mom’s hand off.
Our society is full of people who love the view at the top, but not the effort it takes to get there.
We’re all probably a little guilty of this mentality. I mean, we’d all love to become wealthy after working the dream job we’d excel at, but most of us don’t want to put in the strenuous hours it takes to achieve wealth. None of us would mind making stellar grades or getting promoted, but we don’t always put 110% effort into what we’re doing. We’d all love to be famous, but the truth is that most people don’t become famous overnight. Similarly, it’d be great to be a professional athlete or rock a beach body, but there’s a lot of effort that goes into being and looking great. Good things take work, but so often we want to enjoy the view without putting in the effort it takes to get there.
I hope that you can get to the top of your (metaphorical) CN Tower, and when you do, don’t forget to enjoy the view!
Life has been busy, so it’s been a little longer in between blog posts, but I’ll try to get back to posting every week. I have a few really great blog posts coming soon. One of them is a Toronto travel guide, so follow the blog to make sure you never miss a blog post.
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