As this web page’s title suggests, my current theory of life is that you have to go with the flow of where the winds blow you. However, I believe that everyone has the ability to do things that help to push them in a certain direction. Sometimes life’s currents are strong, sometimes weak, and sometimes they diverge, so all that we can do is be ready when there is an opportunity to go in a direction we want to move in. A quote from a book that I’ve enjoyed since I was a kid, Lloyd Alexander’s Taran Wanderer, seemed to fit nicely with this theory:
“Trust your luck, Taran Wanderer. But don’t forget to put out your nets!”