You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust... — Steve Jobs

You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

Author: Steve Jobs

Insight: We spend so much mental energy trying to map out the perfect path forward—agonizing over which job to take, whether to move, if this relationship is "the one." But here's what's quietly true: the moments that matter most usually don't announce themselves. That weird detour into graphic design, the friend you met by accident, the failure that stung but taught you something irreplaceable—these only make sense when you look back and see how they connected to everything that came after. The insight isn't really about blind faith, though. It's about recognizing that your life has already proven it knows something you don't. Every time you've worried about the "wrong" choice and things somehow worked out anyway, every time a closed door led somewhere better—that's the pattern. The difficult part isn't trusting life to work out; it's getting comfortable with not needing to see the blueprint first. This matters now more than ever, when we're drowning in options and comparison. Instead of asking "Is this the optimal choice?"—a question nobody can truly answer—you might ask "Does this feel right?" and then actually commit. Not recklessly, but with the quiet confidence that you're building something that will eventually make sense. The dots have a way of finding each other.

Source: Stanford Commencement Address, 2005