Just keep moving...

"Just keep moving... It is harder to hit a moving target." - Mr. Atwater


Frequently we are tempted by indecision and complacency to just sit and do nothing, assuming that if we don't know what to do -- it doesn't matter what we do, even if it is to just sit and do nothing.

This is the wrong attitude for several reasons.

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First, wilderness survival courses teach us that the easiest way to "be found" when we are lost in the wilderness is to stop moving and stay in one place.

Search teams are more likely to locate a party that is stationary.  In the same way, "bad luck" is more likely to find you and cause you harm if you just sit there and do nothing.  Your enemies (both animate and impersonal) can more easily locate you if you are stationary, and they can more easily inflict their revenge when you are not moving. And then you will pay double for your inaction; paying both in lost opportunities and lost time, in addition to the loss that has been inflicted on you.

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Second, the world is always aging and things are constantly falling apart on their own. If we do nothing, then the whole word will slowly fall apart around us.

There is always something to do that is important, no matter how insignificant.  Clean the car, clean the kitchen, wash the dishes, do the laundry, sweep the floor, organize the papers, or throw out the unnecessary possessions, are just a few examples.  In the process of working on these trivial tasks you might find something small to fix, that one day will cause big problems if not attended to.  An example would be, worn tires, low oil, dirty windows, burned out headlamp, dirty sink, dirty floor, dirty clothes, that could lead to auto accident, injury, infection, illness, debt, lawsuits, and worse.  Fixing these things helps to protect us and improve our statistical odds of survival and prosperity.

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Thirdly, although bad luck is always looking for us, good luck rarely is.

We have to go find good luck or make our own good luck occur.  This can only happen if we are moving, animated, and involved, if only in some absent minded and mundane manner.  At least we are moving forward and interacting with the world.  Even day dreaming and fantasizing can lead to engineering breakthroughs, business invention, music composition, artistic creation, written books, and amazing discovery; if the the idea is compelling enough to realize through hard work.

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Lastly, it really is more difficult to hit a moving target. If your neighbor has gone psycho and is playing sniper with live rounds on the roof of his garage, he is more likely to miss if you are washing your car than if you are sunbathing by the pool.  Remember this, if you ever ARE tempted to relax; choose a location that is out of the sight line of your neighbors and stay vigilant.

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So no matter how confused, uncertain, or lost you might be in life; just find something constructive to do -- and do it right now.  Clean something, fix something, organize something, do something nice for someone else and see what happens?  At the very least, you will have forgotten your own worries for a while; being concerned with the work at hand.

And who knows?  You just might stumble across Dame Fortune taking a little nap just where you least expected?  And THEN, you certainly will be the lucky one being blessed once again by Providence and Fortune and Luck.

And the whole time, you just thought you were taking out the garbage...

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"Just keep moving... It is harder to hit a moving target." - Mr Atwater

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William Schaeffer