Aimless Wandering

You do not know the meaning of anything you perceive.
(A Course in Miracles)

I work as a strategist in the financial industry and I had to discover that you never know anything about your fortune at any point in time. You might be riding a wave of success only to find that next day you look older than a dinosaur with your investment approach. Similarly, you might be considered the outcast for your delusional calls only to find that next day you are it and the world missed what you knew along.

On a moment by moment basis you are wandering aimlessly - at least I do. Yet, when I look back on a year, a decade or on my life, the direction I am headed seems so clear. As Arnold Keyserling once put it, if you are drifting and you do not know where exactly you are going you have a pretty good shot of walking the Tao.

I know that I do not know the meaning of anything that happens to me. But I also know that I recognize love and sincere intentions in others. I have only one yard stick to measure my success and that is my ability to generate joy and laughter in others. If you interact with others and you see life itself glowing in their face you have a pretty good chance of doing something right. Enjoy your journey, it is much less aimless than you think.