Where are you headed? When you get in your car and start driving you know where you plan to go. Whether you use your memory or a GPS there is some form of direction required. If you plan to make a right turn then your steering wheel will be turned to the right. Although you will look both right and left for traffic your ultimate goal is to go to the right. The same thing is true when you find yourself in a situation where you need to back up. In order to do that you will need to look through your rearview mirror and your back windows.
It is very interesting that we know all of the above when driving our vehicles, but when it comes to our daily lives, we seem to have lost our navigation system. Why is it that we think we can move forward in life by staying in park? We get into comfortable situations and refuse to grow or develop. We stay in jobs we hate. We remain too long in relationships that we know are over, yet we keep hoping that something will change. And it will, when you change! Life shows us the possibilities and we walk right over them, because we are too afraid to take a risk and try something new. We see everyone else prospering and thriving and we ask why not me? My question to you is, have you done the work that the other person has done? Do you get up early? Do you stay up late? Are you passionate about what you do and what you want out of life? Is there anything that you would do on a daily basis that brings you joy, whether you got paid a dime or not? Are you willing to do what it takes until you can do what you want? These are some of the questions that you might want to reflect on, because where you are looking is the direction you are going to go!