Life is a Highway…

Written by on April 9, 2010 - 7 Comments
Categories: Daily OJ

As I was driving home yesterday from visiting my grandmother in the hospital, I found myself thinking “jeesh, what did I do? Things were going fine for a while there, why did everything suddenly go awry?”

I hadn’t thought that way in years! I had that mentality of ‘if something goes wrong it’s your fault’ a long time ago! (Funny how those old belief systems hang on!)

I had been trucking along on the open road with sunny skies, as I have countless times in my life. Some more glorious, others less so. Then along would come big curves, steep turns, speedbumps, roadblocks, detours…

The truth is, those speedbumps are there to tell us when we need to slow down. Roadblocks exist to protect us from danger ahead, and it is those curves and turn that make life interesting. It is those detours that introduce us to new people, places, and experiences that we would miss ‘taking the straight road’.

I also couldn’t help but think that without them how would we ever truly appreciate the open road?

Perhaps the rough legs of the journey aren’t the ‘punishment’. Perhaps it is just the opposite. Perhaps the open road  is the reward for making it through the twists and turns. Or maybe the great scenery, the new places, and people and lessons themselves are the real reward!

Rewards that we get to enjoy by having times where we get to just cruise along…

What do YOU think?

(Just for fun…enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCPbL4yA7ik )

 

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  • http://www.sendoutcards.com/9961 Michelle Morton

    I love this!!! I think you are right on ~ I would have never looked at things like that before but it makes perfect sense!

  • http://heathero.com HeatherO

    Thanks Michelle! Happy you liked it ;)
    Yes, I hadn't thought of it exactly that way before either.
    Irony is, if I hadn't been driving to the hospital, I wouldn't have had that long literal drive on that long winding road to give me the thought! :)

  • http://www.zillowblog.com/ Diane Tuman

    Heather: When I reflect on my life and accomplishments, I'm quite amazed where I ended up. And I do reflect on the “What if I took that sportswriting job in Hagerstown, MD way back in the 80s — where would I be now?” Or, if I followed my heart instead of my head in that relationship back in Maryland, what would I be doing? I don't think there are mistakes in our journeys. It really is all destiny. Happy Friday.

  • http://heathero.com HeatherO

    Oh SOOOO true Diane! That's why I don't see how you can have regrets in life. Even the things that seem crummy! Each and everyone one of those tiny twists, turns and decisions have led us exactly where we should be!
    thanks so much for commenting :)

  • http://www.SandyHarper.net/ Sandy Harper

    Great post, Heather! It is funny how our “old self” can pop up like that…and it's usually in times that we are traveling on a bumpy road. Yes, I believe that the rewards are the new people, places, and experiences that our 'detours' often lead us to, serendipitously! And…when we surround ourselves with like-minded, positive people…it is easier to quiet that “old self”!

    Sendng loving thoughts to you and your Grandmother!

  • http://heathero.com HeatherO

    Thanks Sandy! Yes, who we surround ourselves with makes all the difference! :)

  • http://heathero.com HeatherO

    thank you Sandy! :)