Everything You Need: Short Stories
“A short, simple word. It means ‘without aim’, where ‘aim’ derives from the notion of calculation with a view to action. Lacking purpose or direction, therefore, without a considered goal. People mainly use the word in a blunt, softened fashion. They walk ‘aimlessly’ down the street, unsure whether to have a coffee or check out the new magazines in the bookstore or maybe sit on that bench and watch the world go by. It’s not a big deal, this form of aimlessness. It’s a temporary state and often comes with a side order of ease. An hour without something hanging over you, time spent with no great duty to do or achieve anything in particular? In this world of busy lives and do-this and do-that, that sounds pretty good.
But being wholly without purpose, with no direction home? That’s not such a good deal. Being truly aimless is like being dead. It may even be the same thing, or worse. It is the aimless who find the wrong roads, and drive down them, simply because they have nowhere else to go.
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