Over the past few weeks I have had some interesting questions put before me. They include, Who am I?, What do I possess that I am to offer to the world? and Where is my place? I find that these are very good questions and I need to examine them every day to get a glimpse of myself. Last night another question was put before me and it really got me to thinking. The question was Where am I? This is a really good question and I don't think there is an easy answer to it.
Where am I? I sat for a bit and thought about the question. Here is what popped into my head. Life is like driving down a four lane road. You position yourself in the safest part of the road and move ahead. Others are moving along with you, either in front of you or behind you, and some are right next to you. At times some will pass you by or you will pass them by. Then you see the yellow line that divides the road and see others traveling along, headed in the other direction. I am driving along, sometimes slowly checking out the scenery and seeing what is out there. There have been times I have stopped and gone backwards but most of the time I keep on moving ahead. At times I have found myself traveling 120 miles an hour wanting to get to the next place, all the while having to be careful of all that is around me, other traffic, people walking, road construction.
How do I respond to the outside forces? Do I actually respond to them or do I react. Do I swerve, do I speed up, do I slow down? What effect does that have on those traveling along with me? Am I putting myself in harms way by getting too close to the center stripe, or possibly do I cross over into the oncoming traffic? So much to think about.
I believe that I am where I am supposed to be but I find it hard to stay there. Reacting to the outside forces in ways that take me off the path I need to be on. Over my lifetime I have bumped into other traffic moving along with me. I could not tell you how many times I have nearly ran into someone in front of me and then there are the times when I have slowed down and have been hit from behind. Then the times when my reaction was so bad that I crossed that center stripe. looking ahead and seeing an accident fixing to happen. There were times when I caught myself and moved back into my proper lane. Sadly there are times when I moved across and side swiped someone and being honest I would have to say I even went head on and totally wrecked myself and others.
Staying where I am and maintaining the proper place is the biggest challenge that I have right now. I need to discover ways to keep myself grounded so that I respond correctly and not over react to what is happening. Understanding that there will be times when I fail but making sure that instead of having that accident that causes pain and heart ache, I find a way to correct and get back on the right path.
Where am I? I sat for a bit and thought about the question. Here is what popped into my head. Life is like driving down a four lane road. You position yourself in the safest part of the road and move ahead. Others are moving along with you, either in front of you or behind you, and some are right next to you. At times some will pass you by or you will pass them by. Then you see the yellow line that divides the road and see others traveling along, headed in the other direction. I am driving along, sometimes slowly checking out the scenery and seeing what is out there. There have been times I have stopped and gone backwards but most of the time I keep on moving ahead. At times I have found myself traveling 120 miles an hour wanting to get to the next place, all the while having to be careful of all that is around me, other traffic, people walking, road construction.
How do I respond to the outside forces? Do I actually respond to them or do I react. Do I swerve, do I speed up, do I slow down? What effect does that have on those traveling along with me? Am I putting myself in harms way by getting too close to the center stripe, or possibly do I cross over into the oncoming traffic? So much to think about.
I believe that I am where I am supposed to be but I find it hard to stay there. Reacting to the outside forces in ways that take me off the path I need to be on. Over my lifetime I have bumped into other traffic moving along with me. I could not tell you how many times I have nearly ran into someone in front of me and then there are the times when I have slowed down and have been hit from behind. Then the times when my reaction was so bad that I crossed that center stripe. looking ahead and seeing an accident fixing to happen. There were times when I caught myself and moved back into my proper lane. Sadly there are times when I moved across and side swiped someone and being honest I would have to say I even went head on and totally wrecked myself and others.
Staying where I am and maintaining the proper place is the biggest challenge that I have right now. I need to discover ways to keep myself grounded so that I respond correctly and not over react to what is happening. Understanding that there will be times when I fail but making sure that instead of having that accident that causes pain and heart ache, I find a way to correct and get back on the right path.
No comments:
Post a Comment