Always know where you want to go

“I once came across an English animated cartoon called 'Alice in Wonderland', a funny children story aired on TV for kids, although it seems childish, it is very expressive.

Alice was chasing a White Rabbit. She kept walking until she got to a crossroad. She didn’t know which way to go, and she was a little girl, so she sat there sad by her self. While she was like that, a Cheshire cat came passing by. The cat asked her why she was sad, “I don’t know which way I ought to go from here." answered Alice. "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to?” said the cat. Alice thought for a while, "I don't know", replied Alice.

"Then it doesn’t matter which way you go ", said the cat.

So does this ring a bell? As long as you have no idea where you want to go, it does not matter which way to take, because all the roads will be alike. Always know where you want to go.”

Amr Khaled, Lecture at the AUC, 2002