And found you wandering, and guided you.

And found you wandering, and guided you.

And He found thee wandering, so He guided thee,

And He found thee wandering, so He guided thee,

Did He not find thee wandering and direct (thee)?

Did He not find thee wandering and direct (thee)?

And this is called the Globe Skimmer, or Wandering Glider.

By thy life, in their intoxication they were wandering bewildered.

By thy life, in their intoxication they were wandering bewildered.

Did He not find you wandering, and give you guidance?

Did He not find you wandering, and give you guidance?

And He found thee wandering, and He gave thee guidance.

And He found thee wandering, and He gave thee guidance.

Now why are you just wandering around saying this obvious thing?

Any of those yes responses are what we called mind wandering.

Did you not see that they keep wandering in every valley?

Did you not see that they keep wandering in every valley?

Have you not seen them wandering and bewildered in every valley

Did He not find you wandering about and give you guidance?

Have you not seen them wandering and bewildered in every valley

Did He not find you wandering about and give you guidance?

By your life! they were blindly wandering on in their intoxication.

By your life! they were blindly wandering on in their intoxication.

Maybe these people are right. Maybe mind wandering is a bad thing.

They said By Allah! truly thou art in thine old wandering mind.

They said By Allah! truly thou art in thine old wandering mind.

As it turns out, there is a strong relationship between mind wandering now and being unhappy a short time later, consistent with the idea that mind wandering is causing people to be unhappy.

Do you remember wandering as a child through those dark wooden storefront galleries?

Ten percent of the time people's minds are wandering when they're having sex.

I found a boy from the local orphanage wandering around the front line.

By your life, O Muhammad , indeed they were, in their intoxication, wandering blindly.

By your life, O Muhammad , indeed they were, in their intoxication, wandering blindly.

Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.

Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.

God shall mock them, and shall lead them on blindly wandering in their insolence.

God shall mock them, and shall lead them on blindly wandering in their insolence.

The leaders of his people said Ah! we see thee evidently wandering (in mind).

The leaders of his people said Ah! we see thee evidently wandering (in mind).

But a friend of mine spent four hours wandering around here looking for this restaurant.

Verily, by your life (O Muhammad SAW), in their wild intoxication, they were wandering blindly.

Verily, by your life (O Muhammad SAW), in their wild intoxication, they were wandering blindly.

In contrast, there's no relationship between being unhappy now and mind wandering a short time later.

Whomsoever God leads astray, no guide he has He leaves them in their insolence blindly wandering.

Whomsoever God leads astray, no guide he has He leaves them in their insolence blindly wandering.

We're lucky in this data we have many responses from each person, and so we can look and see, does mind wandering tend to precede unhappiness, or does unhappiness tend to precede mind wandering, to get some insight into the causal direction.