Connect-the-Dots

Have you ever done a "Connect-the-Dots" picture? The pictures have dots that are numbered in sequential order to instruct drawers where to begin, and then, how to proceed accordingly. But what happens when the dots aren't numbered? How would you know where to even begin, and if you should manage to get started, where would you go from there?
The dots in the picture of life are not numbered, but we're expected to know how to connect them. We have to find the proper starting point if we're going to have any chance at connecting. So where do we begin?