mostly harmless?

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recently i was asked the question:
what are your goals for this year?

a simple question,
it sounds harmless

maybe the answer is:
i want to be happier, more secure,
better myself, help humanity,
have better relationships, be worthy of love,
be more spiritual, enlightenment…

yet what is hidden in the goals?

is what is now
not good enough?

believing that reaching the goal
will bring the happily ever after ending

if so the striving begins…
to cross the gap
between what is and what should be

after having played the game
of goal setting countless of times
it becomes clear
that lasting peace and happiness
is not found through more striving

yet, noticing this thinking process,
the virus of “not good enough”
that leads to endless seeking
is a beautiful stepping stone

well then, what’s the answer
to the question?