I've never had a moment when I thought: "Tom, you've made it!", and I don't think I want to, because that feels like you've reached the end; that you've crossed the finish line. But to me there is no end. An achievement is not a finish line; it's a checkpoint on a far greater journey. It's a moment to pause, to take a breath and look back and enjoy what you've experienced and be grateful for it, but then to turn around and look towards the next checkpoint, the next achievement.
Don't expect others to hand success to you. Create it - with heart, energy and enterprise - and you'll make it come true
The longer you remain distant, the deeper, wider, and darker the chasm becomes making it all the more difficult to bridge.