Walk through any crowd and you will feel it. A hundred directions pulling at you, a hundred urgencies that are not yours.
It is easy to drift. To let the crowd set your speed, your route, even your mood. Most people do not choose their day; they are carried through it.
Holding your direction is quiet work. It looks like walking your own line while everything around you rushes sideways.
You do not have to fight the crowd. You only have to remember where you were going before it started pushing.
The people who arrive where they meant to go are not stronger than the crowd. They are simply more stubborn about their direction.
Keep your eyes up and your line true. The crowd will pass. Your direction stays.
One true step in your own direction is worth a hundred steps in the crowd's.
What direction are you holding this week, no matter what pushes?
