Nice write-up. I do think that there is a growing anxiety in many people between our goals and the amount of patience and determination we are willing to allocate toward achieving them. We've largely become so inundated by an 'instant gratification' culture that we sometimes feel alienated by the difficulties presented to us when we strive to achieve a more meaningful goal. Once overcome, however, it is victory over those very challenges along the way that nearly got the better of us which we savor the most.