This fits most aspects of life today - at least in American culture. We tend to want everything now, new cars, expensive trips, bigger houses. No one wants to go through the journey others have traveled to get to that place. Focus too much on the end goal and miss the whole trip there.

Reminds me of a few hikes I have done where we have really pushed the pace, missed a ton of beauty so we could get to more "destinations", the time missing some of the best views.