Our only beacon is faith, faith in that transcendent being by whose hand we came into the world unaided by any effort on our own and dependent upon that same being for a safe exit. Our business, our joy and our life is the journey, not the destination. It is true, however, that most thoughtful people develop some dream or plan for their lives. Some spend a lifetime following a dream someone else had for their lives which is almost always an unsatisfactory way to live. In spite of the well-laid plans and treasured dreams we have for ourselves or which others had for us, life seldom follows the path or reaches the destination we thought it would.
History is, above all, the story of change.
It is riddled with the unexpected. Setting goals is fine, but setting goals in concrete is foolish. If our happiness is tied to reaching a preplanned destination, we will probably be disappointed with life. Unless we can adjust ourselves to the inevitable unexpected, we will never be happy. Not only can we not see the beginning or the end of our journey, we make many unanticipated stops and detours along the way.