With the best of intentions

Have you ever been working on something so hard that you forget why your doing it in the first place? I have. You focus on the means so much that you forget the ends, or your goal changes, or you find out your pursuing the wrong goal. I believe this happens to us all the time.

I heard a story about a guy who traveled to Tibet with the goal to climb the largest peaks in the world. Upon the journey he met cultures that had very high rates of blindness. He realized he needed to help these people and changed his goal. now he brings the gift of sight.

This is an example of how goals can change after we realize we are pursuing the wrong goal. Sometimes we do not realize we are pursuing the wrong goal. Take wealth for instance, if you are chasing wealth your whole life and leave no time for love, on your deathbed will you be able to say you chased the right goal? A great example of this scenario is the movie "The Bucket List" starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman.