Yeah, they're always is and the way often actually really seems to lead backwards
I had a dream of my father once who has already passed by that point, and I was in a desperate state and looking for answers for the meaning of my existence as this lonely missfit I preceived myself as.
And he said something to the extent, that we are all missing the point here, that we all strayed from the path.

And life is just about recognizing that and the way that we already passed through