The metaphoric(?) meaning of the word destination
Solution 1:
Destination has been used historically in a more abstract way to refer to one's purpose or end goal. Here are two examples from the Oxford English Dictionary:
1795 Christian in Blackstone's Comm. (1809) IV. 82 Sending intelligence to the enemy of the destinations and designs of this kingdom, in order to assist them in their operations against us..is high treason.
1876 J. B. Mozley Serm. preached Univ. of Oxf. xiii. 235 A destination above the objects, the employments, and the abilities of this world.
"Destinations and designs" means the plans and goals of the kingdom; a "destination above" the things of the world could be living a virtuous life or heaven.
However, this usage is not usual today. Here is the next definition in the OED:
- spec. The fact of being destined or bound for a particular place; hence, short for place of destination, the place for which a person or thing is destined; the intended end of a journey or course. (Now the usual sense.)
Today, destination customarily refers to a place rather than a goal. Less comprehensive dictionaries like Cambridge and Merriam-Webster privilege the destination-as-place definition, either by omitting mention of the other definition or by focusing its examples on uses of destination that refer to places.