Life Is Quite Like Driving In Dense Fog
You have no choice but to focus on the white lane lines right in front of your car.
Happy New Year!
Within the last two weeks, prior to the New Year, I’ve had to drive through dense fog a few times.
I’ve never drove through dense fog before and it completely freaked me out.
I think what scared me the most was not having at least one mile visibility. All I could see was the white lane lines a few feet ahead of my car.
I thought, the universe is literally forcing me to focus on what’s right here, in front of me, in the now.
Although it was a terrifying experience, I learned something from it, especially right before the New Year, and I'd like to share that with you.
No matter how much you want to look back into the past and into the future, what’s right here, in front of you, in the now, is all that matters.
Life is quite like driving in dense fog. You can’t see the past anymore as you’ve drove on from it, and you can’t see the future as you’re still driving toward it. You can look away from the white lane lines right in front of your car to find what you drove past or what you’re driving toward, but it’ll only take your attention away from what’s right in front of you, which is always of more importance.
You’ve experienced what you had to in the past. Take with you what it’s taught you and keep on driving. You haven’t reached the future yet because you’re experiencing the present. Pay attention to what the present has to offer, and focus on not where you’re driving, but how you’re driving right here and now.
Step into the New Year letting go of the past and future to be and do with an open mind, open heart, and open arms right here, in the now, the present.
I pray that whatever unfolds for you this year, is GOOD for and to you.
With Love,
Jasmine
I’m currently reading Letting Go by David R. Hawkins, which is really helping me practice letting go and being more present.
I’m also currently reading a few pages of A Walk in the Wood: Meditations on Mindfulness with a Bear Named Pooh by Dr. Joseph Parent and Nancy Parent to help calm my nerves and wind down before bed. If you grew up watching Winnie the Pooh like me, then you’ll love reading it, too!