Rear View Mirror
Friday, April 27th, 2007
Here is a little story for you…
Driving, driving can be something fun but sometimes it can be something scarey too. There is something called the "Rear view mirror". When we drive, we tend to look back at it a lot, see if the car we overtook is chasing up, see if there are any cops behind us or maybe just checking to make sure no crazy drivers is ramming onto the back of our car.
Often, we worry too much about whats behind us and somehow fail to pay attention to what we are approaching, let it be another car, let it be a traffic light or a crossing. As much as we know that we have to look forward, as much as we know that we should pay attention on whats coming rather then what we just went past, most people never do that, most people get a bit too caught up with the car behind. Someday, someday.. we will crash into the car infront of us, crash so badly just because we did not notice it coming we did not see it stop we did not see the light turn red but rather we were looking at cars coming from the rear.
There is this saying "You don't spend your time driving forward by looking at the rear view mirror" So simply said. Why focus on something thats so insignificant when there is a bigger picture there is something more important that lies ahead of you.
Let go of the past, whats done is done and in life there is no "Rewind" button unlike the movie Click. In life there are things that we've done that we would regret for the rest of our living life. So, let those mistakes and failure be our lesson, let them be our lesson to start again… This time more wisely.
Our purpose in life is to be happy, there is no point digging out the past and grief about things that does not even exists anymore. Its not who you were and its not who you are now that really matters, its who you going and want to become in the future that matters.
Be who you want to be, don't limit yourself to whatever you think you have, dont limit yourself to what other think of you. BECAUSE.. If you argue with limitation, they will be yours. Limitation is very generous, if you argue with them, I guarantee you they will be yours..
I love this saying.. "You aim for what you want, If you dont get it, you dont get it. If you dont aim for it, you will NEVER get it."
Kenneth