- We have all done it. You know you have. Whether it was in the car as a child (...it didn't matter if the car ride was a half hour or half a day) or while you waited just recently in traffic or on a plane....you have said or thought..."Are we there yet?" I always think of the scene from Shrek 2...they are on the trip to Far Far Away...you would think the name would say it all....but the age old question comes up sure enough...
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- Donkey: All right, all right. I get it! I'm just so darn bored!
- Shrek: Well, find a way to entertain yourself.
- (silence)
- (Donkey pops his lips, then again, and Shrek grows more impatient, then Donkey pops his lips a third time)
- Shrek: (restrains temper) Oh! For 5 minutes... Could you not be yourself? (loudly) FOR 5 MINUTES!!!
- (after another moment of silence, Donkey pops his lips one last time)
- Shrek: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!! ARE WE THERE YET?!?!
- Fiona: Yes!
- Donkey: Oh, finally!
- Now think back to the last time you were doing something great..... whether it was a literal trip or you were on another kind of journey...one not made of steps or miles, but one made of other goals. Isn't it awesome when you forget about the distance you have to go and just embrace the journey. Sometimes there is just joy in the journey and you can take pleasure in finding that Road Less Travelled...
