Ambition

　　It is not difficult to imagine a world short of ambition. It would probably be a kinder world:　with out demands, without abrasions, without disappointments. People would have time　for reflection. Such work as they did would not be for themselves but for the collectivity.　Competition would never enter in. conflict would be eliminated, tension become a thing of　the past. The stress of creation would be at an end. Art would no longer be troubling, but　purely celebratory in its functions. Longevity would be increased, for fewer people would　die of heart attack or stroke caused by tumultuous endeavor. Anxiety would be extinct.

　　Time would stretch on and on, with ambition long departed from the human heart.　Ah, how unrelieved boring life would be!　There is a strong view that holds that success is a myth, and ambition therefore a sham.　Does this mean that success does not really exist? That achievement is at bottom empty?　That the efforts of men and women are of no significance　alongside the force of　movements　and events now not all success, obviously, is worth esteeming,　nor all　ambition worth cultivating. Which are and which are not is something one soon enough　learns on one‘s own. But even the most cynical secretly admit that success exists; that　achievement counts for a great deal; and that the true myth is that the actions of men and　women are useless. To believe otherwise is to take on a point of view that is likely to be　deranging. It is, in its implications,　to remove all motives for competence,　interest in　attainment, and regard for posterity.

　　We do not choose to be born. We do not choose our parents. We　do not choose our　historical　epoch, the country of our birth, or the immediate　circumstances　of our　upbringing. We do not, most of us, choose to die; nor do we choose the time or conditions　of our death. But within all this realm of choicelessness, we do choose how we shall live: courageously　or in cowardice, honorably or dishonorably, with purpose or in drift. We　decide what is important and what is trivial in life. We decide that what makes us　significant is either what we do or what we refuse to do. But no matter how indifferent the　universe may be to our choices and decisions, these choices and decisions are ours to　make. We decide. We choose. And as we decide and choose, so are our lives formed. In　the end, forming our own destiny is what ambition is about.

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