Lesson from driving…

Lessons from driving came to me after having a discussion with a friend, who is very analytical, and it had to do with change or how we evolve as people. We agreed to disagree but not be disagreeable…LOL…Well then I realized something, most of us drive, and in order to do so, we must be watchful of our surroundings and be prepared to change what we are doing, without foreknowledge at any juncture. We cannot sit idle or in neutral, or fail to respond to what is in front us accordingly, if we desire to get to our destination with addition stress. Although, some might agree with that statement, they might not agree with this one – it does not matter if you have gone the same route for fifteen years, cannot predict on a consistent basis when you will have to stop, hit the brakes, take an alternate route, or swerve from hitting creating an accident. Why? Life happens, road closures, the cars appear, people cut in front of you, people are not paying attention, etc. And guess what, we might become frustrated with the inconvenience it causes for us, but we do not stop or fail to switch gears, take an alternate route, or sit until we can move, we do what it takes to stay on the path to get to our destination. We strap on the delay but not denied mentality, and accept the change; grudgingly maybe, but we do. We do what we have to do, so that we can continue to drive with the least amount of stress, and learn something new, if we are lucky about ourselves…wink


Yet, when it comes to living we turn our perspective noses and not move, postulates reasons why we shouldn’t, fall out over and over again to keep it the same, or sabotage, implicitly or explicitly, the progress for ourselves and others with our behavior. Then say, it is someone else’s fault for our outcome, or the results we are seeing; we take no ownership of what we do, we only want others to take ownership and change what they do to fit us; just because you do not acknowledge it, does not mean it is not the truth. But like driving, we have to make the adjust with self. However, when asked if we are progressive, or open to change for the betterment of the team, family, relationships, church, or personal, we say, ‘yes’. It is ironic to me, we have yet to grasp it is not what we say, the actual words, but it is how we say it, and what we do that  leaves the lingering message with people, to tempt the fate for battle to ensues. All because we will not take the lesson from driving and keep it moving toward our enlighten path; we would rather remain in the self-imposed darkness to marinate, stew, and be infused with fear, confusion to share with others. God forbid!!!