in the mid 80's Bill Murray remade a movie called The Razor's Edge, based on a Somerset Maugham novel - not a comedy!

In it, the main character (Murray) ends up in India, determined to go to Tibet for enlightenment. On his way, he meets a wise old Indian innkeeper and tells him his plans. The wise man nods and says, "But what is your intention? You want to go to the monastery and gain enlightenment, but without an intention, you'll never get it".

Anyway, that's close to the dialog - I remember it because it impressed on me the difference between an endpoint (goal) and intention (goal with purpose beyond the endpoint).

Good post!

Bob