Life is a Marathon, not a sprint

Got this phrase from one of the multi-level-marketing talks that I used to attend (a lot!) in the past.

From their context, the speakers were trying to encourage the distributors to keep at it until they succeed, because it may take a long time (I paraphrased).

This phrase reminded me that this journey called life is not straightforward. Definitely not immediate. It will take time to maneuver.  So many options are available, sometimes there are dead ends. There is a goal e.g. to be/ to remain a good person through it all, and there are many paths that we can choose to get there.

Perhaps calling life a marathon is not even correct. We have different 'routes', although many may have a common destination (called 'success' perhaps). This is me over-analysing.

Our wish (or rather, mine), is to have a good life. To be happy. To stay positive. 

To quote Mr Spock: May you live well and prosper 👽