Vagabond Executive

Very few people in my memory know what they want out of life; I mean REALLY want when they sense the time has come to make the choices. And don't worry, regardless of your station in life, you will reach that point as the importance of assuring meaning of your life develops. I often wonder why, when we are younger, we presume that the meaning of our lives depends on other people. Do we feel this way because we haven't realized our individualness, or is it because we think we are indispensable to others? What a paradox, precisely at the time of youth when we are most selfish we view ourselves as necessary for the benefit of others, but dependent on them for our fulfillment. Later in life we begin to realize that others are busy in similar but different quests, and they wish we would be about our own business.