Throughfare to nowhere
Where have we come and where do we go from here. This would probably be the thought that would have come to everyone's mind. To my mind too these thoughts do come but invariably I shrug it away saying that lets see what comes my way. This I've realised can be good as well as bad. Good in a way that since one doesnt know what to expect, one is more flexible and helps a person think on his feet and take fast decisions. On the other hand a person who plans everything in advance is alert of oppurtunities that can help him achieve his objectives but again this means that he could be more rigid in his approach and may choose to ignore other oppurtunities that lead him to other (greener?)pastures.
Nevertheless a planned approach is what I find common in most of the go-getters. Take for example Sam Walton. He decided that he will focus on one store at a time and once it is doing well start another. His approach was uniform. He would study the market thoroughly, visit all his shops, pile the goods high and sell cheap. This was his mantra of success. Similiarly Lee Iocacca, Mahatma Gandhi and on the other side of the materialism spectrum, Swami Vivekanada, every one have lived a life full of structured goals. But this is what is widely publicised. If one were to look into their formative years one would see signs of a way of living that was truly based on serendipidity. They were mainly people who experimented and explored the world increasing their knowledge, developing capabilities when they arrived at a stage when they knew their life's calling. Some people find it early some find it late but do find it.
The trick is to find it before it's too late!
So i guess its good to experiment. Have a wanderers mind initially. experiment with different things and then find out the thing that one wants to do and do it without bothering about success or failure. But I guess one must never let the wanderer inside each one of us die. For that is the elixer of youth and life
I came, I saw, I slept