We strive to live on a path, but often we are diverted this way and that. What we thought we could achieve, is often sidetracked. Try as we might our human selves gets in our own way. Frailty, pain and our own mistakes happen to the best of us. Perseverance and sacrifice are not ingrained in us but must be learned. Through trial and error we figure things out. Some will learn faster than others and some will never get it right. Trying to figure out a path or goal that will work as planned is often impossible. All we as humans can do is move forward and hope to learn from the past missteps. This is the basic truth of life.