Quote of the day

When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.
- Seen on a bumper sticker


I know over the past year, I have felt many times that life is speeding toward me and all of my energy is directed toward swerving, missing obstacles, and gripping the steering wheel with white knuckles, every muscle in my body taught and rigid with the stress of it all. Sometimes life gets that way for all of us, we’re barreling down the road toward our destiny (or demise) and we forget that one of the most beautiful parts of life is enjoying the drive. I would look at my friends, who were casually, one-handedly driving down the road, talking about the scenery and the stops along the way and would enviously think “Why am I always in the path of an on-coming 18-wheeler?” I never paused to think that maybe, just MAYBE, I’m driving in the wrong lane.

When everything is coming your way, maybe it’s time to pull off to the side of the road and take a pit stop. Regroup, take a look at the map, reconsider your route. And maybe when you pull back onto the road, you can drive on the RIGHT side of the road, remembering as you drive: even though the highway is mostly faster, the drive on side roads and trails make the journey worth it.