There have been so many times when I have given up, only to go at it again the next day, or the next week or the next year and over the full course of a life all of the moments appear so purposeful or even necessary.
We know that our adventures are always being forced onto new paths and in new directions. They are disrupted by new circumstances, new joys and new sorrows. The unknown adventures have their own uncanny attractions and at the same time their own anguish and allure. This is the appeal of a new path.