I can see ahead but only so far as the next bend in the road. Also the curvature of the earth is such that a person, unless elevated, can only see five miles ahead before the earth's curvature obstructs his view. He sees the end as well as the beginning. Ours is not always to know, but to trust. Many people have sought the path of success for themselves.
Success is a driving force.
The good life is often equated with achievement academic, financial, performance, status and attainment in one's field of involvement. Some of this is healthy, normal and good. The danger is when it is pursued to the exclusion or neglect of spiritual, family or personal development. Most people who make success life's goal end up disappointed. How sad when at the later part of life we realize that the energies we spent on self only robbed us of any worthy achievement.