Often I have not known where I was going until I was already there. I have had my share of desires and goals, but my life has come to me or I have gone to it mainly by way of mistakes and surprises. Often I have received better than I have deserved. Often my fairest hopes have rested on bad mistakes. I am an ignorant pilgrim, crossing a dark valley. And yet for a long time, looking back, I have been unable to shake off the feeling that I have been led – make of that what you will.
~ Wendell Berry
Another passage I found on the surpassingly lovely First Sip.
I. too am a lost pilgrim. I look up and within being led by something more benevolent that guides in many moments. When it is dark I pray and when it is light I thank. Under all skies and all types of conditions I thank nonetheless.