I have a single goal and I am on my way there. I will not be stopped and I will not be sidetracked by anything on my way. Even death will be but a minor glitch.

Addendum I (December 16, 2015)

I sprouted a wry smile as soon as I came across this haiku on one of my uncharted journeys through my writings. It was meant as a boast, and an ever-so-slightly presumptuous one, but enlightenment and death may have much more in common than I assumed a bit more than three years ago. If enlightenment can be understood as freedom from thought, which is an understanding that is ever closer to my heart, death could not be dismissed as a possible road to that glorious freedom. In that case, the absence of joy of having reached enlightenment could be understood as the only glitch involved. And a minor one, for sure.

Addendum II (May 15, 2016)

And I sprouted yet another smile, albeit not necessarily a wry one, when I chanced upon this haiku and the first addendum on one more haphazard peregrination through my writings. Neither deserves much further thought, with the possible exception of the penultimate line of the addendum. Endearing as the notion may appear at first sight, the joy of having reached enlightenment is nothing if not childish in hindsight. Obviously enough, freedom from thought is way beyond joys and sorrows alike.