Life is a Highway...

Yeah, I know, you are probably like me and once you read those words that song pops into your head and runs a muck. Or maybe I am just weird and the only one that happens too….

Regardless, it is true. Life really is LIKE a highway. You are in the drivers seat of your life. As you *drive* through life you have to keep yourself moving forward being careful to stay in your own lane, watch the speed limit, signal when turning, and watch out for other drivers.
Most importantly, keep your eyes on the road ahead. We learn through driving that if we do not keep our eyes on where we are going we will veer off of our course and mistakes can come of that for sure. Much the same as in living our lives. We have to keep our eyes focused on our path ahead. if we do not then we can go astray and make mistakes.
The rear view mirror in our car is a useful mechanism in being able to glance back from time to time to monitor the road behind but only a brief glance from time to time. If we keep our focus on the road behind then we can, again, veer off course. If life, the rear view mirror is looking back into our past. Much the same as with driving, it is OK to look back from time to time, briefly. anything more than a brief glance can impede our forward movement.
When I was younger, I made many mistakes in life. Over and over I made mistakes and when I made a mistake, I would run away. I would speed ahead in life trying to put as much distance as possible between myself and the mistakes I had made. But, as I ran ahead, trying to speed away from my mistakes and troubles, i was constantly looking into the rear view mirror, afraid of facing my mistakes, afraid of going forward and stuck looking into that darn rear view mirror. The result? I was going to fast, not paying attention to where I was running too and only focusing on what I was running from and eventually I would find myself lost and making the same mistakes I was running from in the first place. thus, the cycle of mistake, running, looking in the past, getting lost, mistake… well you get the idea. No way to drive down the road OR to live your life.
Finally, I faced up to the situation I was in. I realized I had to pull my life into a rest stop and handle my past. I accepted responsibility for what I had done wrong, looked deep within myself to find the me I wanted to be. I came to terms with myself and my life. then and only then could i get back behind the wheel of my life and get back out on the highway and move forward. You know what? life is much easier to deal with when you keep your eyes on the road ahead. I glance back still, from time to time, but I don’t focus on it. I realize it for what it is, the past. I cannot go back and change anything, the only thing I can do is move forward, much wiser and more careful.
I keep my eyes on the road ahead, I watch my speed, make sure I am not going to fast, or to slow. I look back when I have to briefly, but do so safely in the knowledge that it is the past and I have come to terms with whatever is back there. I also keep an eye out for dangerous people who might run me off my path. I have learned to steer clear of people who bring me down, people who do not want me to move forward. I keep my eyes and my movement always going forward.
Don’t get me wrong, sometimes it is slow going, sometimes the road gets very rough and yes, I still make mistakes, but I do my best to correct those things immediately, learn my lesson and move on… always moving forward, never focusing my eyes on that rear view mirror.

Life really is a highway. No matter what kind of car you are in, you are in the drivers seat of your life.