使用定冠词和介词短语来界定生命运动的方向感。
Wherever you are, and whoever you may be, there is one thing in which you and I are alike at this moment, and in all the moments of our existence: we are not at rest; we are on a journey. Our life is a movement, a tendency, a steady and ceaseless progress towards an unseen goal. Every single day, we are either gaining or losing something.
Even when our position and character seem to remain precisely the same, they are changing, for the mere passage of time is itself a change. A barren field in January is not the same as one in July; the season makes the difference. The limitations that are innocent in a child become childish in an adult.
Everything we do is a step in one direction or another. Even the failure to act is, in itself, a deed that moves us either forward or backward. Just as both poles of a magnetic needle exert real force, to decline one option is to accept its alternative.
Are you nearer to your port today than you were yesterday? Yes, you must be a little nearer to some destination; for since your ship was launched upon the sea of life, you have never been still for a single moment. The sea is too deep to find an anchorage at will, and there can be no pause until you reach your port.
无论你在何处，无论你是何人，此刻，以及在我们生命的每一刻，你与我都有一个共同点。我们并非停滞不前，而是在旅途中。生命是一种运动，一种趋势，是一个向着未知目标稳步且持续前进的过程。每一天，我们都在经历获得或失去。
尽管我们的地位和性格看起来似乎始终如一，但它们其实一直在改变，因为时光的流逝本身就是一种变化。一月与七月的荒野截然不同，季节带来了本质的差异。孩童时期单纯的局限，到了成年后便成了幼稚的表现。
我们所做的每一件事，都在向某个方向迈进。甚至“无所作为”本身也是一种行为，它让我们前进或倒退。正如磁针的正极与负极具有同样真实的作用，拒绝某种选择，本质上也是接受了另一种替代方案。
你今天是否比昨天更接近你的目标了？答案是肯定的。你一定比以往更接近某个目标，因为自从你的航船驶入生命的海洋，你就从未有过片刻停歇。生命之海如此深邃，即便你想抛锚，也难以找到停靠之处；在抵达终点之前，你无法停留。
"Forgetting your goal leads to losing direction."
"Only with goals does life gain real meaning."
"No matter how doubtful or uncertain you are about the future, do not forget to establish a direction."
"A life without purpose is like sailing at sea without a compass."
"The world makes way for those with goals and vision."