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Is The Accident Her Fault?
By redw | December 28, 2009
Have you ever been in a car accident? It is not fun to say the least especially with considerable damages and injuries to you or someone else. I bring this up because the way we live our lives can be quite similar to our driving patterns. Many times our driving can be a parallel to our every day lives.
For instance, some people drive from one place to another completely oblivious to how they got there. Many of us drive “by default” with no intent for the trip, our intended safety; and our responses to other drivers are reactions and not intentions for wellbeing and happiness. Our lives are like this when we do not focus on the here and now and most importantly the ride itself. Being present in the moment will help us to enjoy the ride and see the sites along the way.
Another type of parallel to driving is the rear-view mirror approach to life. We tend to focus on what is behind us so much that we do not see the road ahead, nor do we care because we are stuck in the past and what happened or did not happen to cause us remorse, regret or even pain. There may even be the concept here that your life back then was more fun or fulfilled than it is now. That may be true, but one can never pursue the future by looking back. I heard a great quote this past week – “To fix your past, you must begin to fix your future.”
One of my favorite similarities of driving to the way we live our lives is sometimes called the back-seat driver. The back-seat driver knows what is best for everyone else because they are so focused on the driver and not themselves. Ouch! That one hurts just a bit doesn’t it? A backseat driver finds criticism all too easy for the driver and almost always knows a better route than the one the driver is taking. The thing to notice here is that just like a driver becoming upset with our back-seat antics, other people in our lives do not take kindly to us telling them how to live their lives either, especially our family members.
There are other driving similarities such as aggressive driving, defensive driving and my favorite, the “Sunday driver.” Think about the way you typically drive on a daily basis and how this parallels with your own life. You may find there is something here for you to explore, and most importantly learn, about yourself.
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