The Importance of Remembering Life Is a Process

My process is to do whatever is necessary to achieve my goals.

Life is a process and a few years ago, I was reminded about life’s process. While I was sitting in the Brasilia airport waiting for a flight home, I observed something strange, yet familiar.

What I observed in the airport, caused me to have a revelation. This revelation was not something that was unfamiliar to me. Quite the opposite. In fact, it is something that I’ve always been taught, but every once in a while I need to be reminded of it and I am sure that you do too.

Here’s what I saw. I saw a mother and a father with a little girl who could not have been older than 3 years old. The mother and father looked exhausted yet they soldiered on as they watched their daughter. The little girl was running back and forth from her mother and father to another set of seats — 5 or 6 feet away. She ran from the seats, back to her mother and father without tiring and without stopping, numerous times. When she would reach her parents she would run and hug them with a smile on her face, then immediately take off once more.

Eventually, her parents got tired of watching her run back and forth so they called their daughter back to them. Sitting behind the first family was a mother and her son, who was not much more than a year old. The two families started a conversation.

The little girl took interest in the younger little boy. She looked at him curiously, as if he was some long-lost treasure just being uncovered.

The two families spoke for a while until finally the little girl stood up and encouraged the one-year-old boy to join her and run with her. The mother of the one-year-old scooped up the child and took him to the floor to stand next to the little girl. The girl glimpsed briefly at the boy then took off running, just as she had done before. She stopped at the same set of seats as before, then looked back and saw that the little boy was walking slowly with the help of his mother.

The little girl waited for them to catch up, then took off running back to the…

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