Are We There Yet?
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ARE WE THERE YET?
It seems so innocent, that clarion call from the back seat when you were just a child. You so willingly put all of your love and trust in a driver, just a person, to get you to your destination safely. In fact, the possibility of anything going wrong probably never entered your mind. So what happened from then until now? Most people will tell you that you grew up but that is only partway true. You did grow up, probably in perceptions and judgments, yo grew up in body, you grew up up but you also lost that innocence. When you became aware that there are forces at work in the world whether through other people or something not totally controllable that do not have your best interests in mind.
That realization and the knowledge that you are not invincible probably lead you to searching for falsehood elsewhere. You may have sought to master a skill or an art form but did you ever really try to master yourself? When you look at everything from all angles are you really able to be truly honest with yourself about your position in life? Its no shame if you can’t because hardly anyone can. That’s why you need a person in your life, while not a friend or relative who is able to be truly objective and tell you what is going on. There isn’t a fault in you for it the fault lays in the human condition. We are social animals by instinct but self interested by design. All of the bad thing that you have experienced made you who you are. A lot of them may have been better not happening at all but not everything happens for a reason, sometimes life is just unfair but this and all realities can be conquered through self mastery and good advice.
Now you are driving yourself. You’re responsible for who you are and what you put in and take from this world. No one really does it well. With a friend in the passenger seat it can still be hard sometimes for someone who has preconceived notions of your reactions to tell you to slow down or that you missed a turn. Let me be the back seat driver for you I’ll tell you when you missed a turn or even just to pull over for a minute to enjoy the scenery. There’s no rush, we all get there eventually.
“Outings are so much more fun when we can savor them through children’s eyes” Lawana Blackwell.
Take it easy
-Max
