Buns, Sarge:
It's the climb, for all of us, not the peak. As soon as the savor of the goal even becomes clear, it oft loses its bouquet, so we adjust, redifine, retool if need be and strike out again.
The more life that passes under me the more moves i find myself thinking ahead, the more contigencies that seem to work their way into the 'plan'... greater success? maybe, i hope so, greater confidence in those risks? definitely.
The building wont burn down. The sun will rise. The world will turn and if need be i will firmly clasp a couple bootstraps and get back up... or climb a little higher, whichever the case may be....