Der Weg ist das Ziel
After 3 days of hiking I decided to take a one day break in Monte San Savino, a nice little town in eastern Tuscany. Drying my stuff from lots of rain and thunderstorms yesterday, and relaxing my feet which got a bit stressed and damaged.
Der Weg ist das Ziel is said to go back to Confucius (the best English translation I found is It’s the journey, not the destination) . My journey in these days has purposely no destination, and it seriously starts to feel strange. To be ‘goal oriented’ is a widely shared key value in business and leadership, and so it was in my professional and private life. I notice that, while trying to enjoy the moment, my brain constantly optimises, plans for the next day, structures all my time… And I wonder if it was trained or born this way. Will (1) read some literature on that and (2) just enjoy being (plan!)
Map of the route “Der Weg ist das Ziel”: 69.53 km, 1,551 m of climbing and 1,419 m of descent, elevation between 161 m and 524 m, time 50:26:14. It starts at 43.20673, 11.22364 and ends at 43.33183, 11.72363 (latitude, longitude).
