The only way is up

Thanks Jordan, great bit of advice you gave me there! To put this morning's elevator conversation into perspective, readers should note that I am 3 days away from embarking on an Everest base camp trek. So yes, the only way is up (or so one would hope)!

But should we always seek to attain that which is deemed higher? Deep, I know. But seriously worth some consideration. Because essentially if we focus on what we want to achieve more than what we already have achieved then maybe we lose out on the essence of appreciating the moment and living for the here and now.

Even in politics the constant focus on what we need to achieve may leave parties, governments and international organisations in a state of flux. Between working with what we have to maintain and improve the situation as it is, and preparing for the next 12 years governments lose focus. Miss opportunities. Waste time. Take climate change. We all agree that we need to act. We all agree to a certain extent that we need to act now. But we can't agree on what goals to set so we're going to delay acting for a year? Sorry guys, not convinced. What we should be dong in a situation where we can't agree is sitting down until we do agree. Instead it seems governments have changed the goal of Copenhagen 2009 to "lets decide when we'll be ready to decide what to do". Ludicrous!

So I say stop climbing and take a moment to appreciate the view. Climb any higher and things will only get tougher especially when you aren't working together.