Looking Back - Moving Forward

Minding my own business on a Saturday morning, driving on the freeway when I ended up behind this bakkie and then somehow just found myself staying behind it until I learnt a lesson or two from the experience.

Please forgive me for operating my mobile phone to take a picture while I was driving but it just had to be captured.

Let be explain a bit about what's happening in the picture.

The bakkie in front of me has two passengers in the front seat and then another passenger on the back of the bakkie facing me. He didn't know I was taking a picture. I acted as if I was reading a sms or something.

Here's what I was thinking...

The guy on the back is experiencing the entire journey completely differently to the guys in the front. The guys inside get to see what lies ahead and they can see exactly where they are going, while the guy on the back simply gets to see something after they've passed it. He obviously also sees it from a totally different perspective.

It's almost as if they get to look into the future, while he is forced to only look at the past. They also have a view of the past by looking in the rear-view mirrors, but naturally, they will only "look back" occasionally. They much rather experience the trip by looking through the windscreen and focussing on "the road ahead".

I remembered some times when I've been in the same position as the guy on the back. But I remember feeling nauseas when I looked back all the time.

Doesn't this experience relate to life in quite a few ways?

Looking back is not always "BAD", as long as we look back to reflect, learn the lessons, celebrate the successes and then use that to propel us forward.

The guy on the back could have a completely different experience if he simply chooses to turn around and "face forward". If he had done that, he would be able to experience "the journey" with his fellow travellers. He'd be able to relate later when they talk about things that have happened along the way. He may even be able to give some advice when he sees the driver "going the wrong way", but by choosing to stay in the position where he is focussing on "the past", he is missing out on the journey ahead and actually has no involvement in his road to "the final destination".

Decide today to LOOK FORWARD. There really isn't much you can do about the past. You cannot change what has happened or where you have been or even some of the people behind you but you can look forward and choose your route. You can enjoy the journey by having a broader outlook and taking some interesting detours or perhaps even looking through the windows and enjoying the journey with some other travellers going in the same direction.

Life has so much to offer. The journey ahead can be so exciting.

Move Forward by Looking Forward and... ENJOY THE RIDE.

Be encouraged,
Darren