When I was learning to drive, one of the first principles I learned was that the car was going to head in the direction I was looking. That understanding answered one of my main fears about driving — how was I ever going to keep that car in it’s lane?

Some thirty plus years later I effortlessly keep my vehicle headed in the right direction. Now, if I was playing closer attention, I’d be able to exercise more control over my own life.

Andy Stanley in ” Principle of the Path” demonstrates that life is not just a series of random events driving us from one point to another — holding on for dear life. Life is in fact a series of paths we choose either deliberately or by failing to change direction, when we can see we’re heading down the wrong path.

Sometimes we end up on the wrong path because we have a fool for an adviser — ourself. We’ve engaged the fool because we’re too stubborn or proud to admit we need guidance from another. When we fail to seek help from those who have gone before us, we usually fail to attain what we want.

So, how do we choose the right path for us? That car didn’t go in the right direction because of some magical property in my eyes, it went there because I gave that direction my attention.

In exploring “Principle of the Path” you can learn how to better direct your life in the direction you truly want to go instead of feeling dragged along by chance.