We seem to so need our bearings, don't we? Geographically, we want to know where we are. In our jobs, we want to know how we're doing. Regarding our pain, what do we need to do or understand to medicate or fix the problem. How are we perceived by others...and on and on it goes. We often look outward for direction, for light...to try to figure out where we're at, how we're doing.
Where we look is important. While we tend to look outward, perhaps we should more often look inward, where our true source of light is, for our sense of who we are and where we're going...to maintain 'our bearings'.
