Today is my first time driving to town alone without B.
Was supposed to send my mom and granny to town, so B patiently went through the route with me the night before. Last night after dinner, B even drove around that area to ensure that i know my way there and back. You guys must be thinking i am such a loser ;(
This morning, i drove to town w mom n granny as planned. everything went quite smoothly on my journey back and forth as traffic was clear.
Nevertheless, there were more than once whereby i doubted myself and got confused over road signs. I remembered B telling me, ” Just go straight. Keep to the second lane.”
A part of me allowed myself to get confused by all the road signs, thinking if i should turn left/right. Doubts filled my mind and i sort of panicked. “Oh man, i forgot what B told me last night. Should I turn here?!!”
Yet at the same time, a voice in my mind told me to just believe in B and just go straight. Even if i lose my way, B said that it’s an experience to get lost because you will discover new roads.
Hence i kept driving straight.
Believing in B was right.
While driving on the familiar road back to B’s place, i thought to myself : Driving is just like living life.
In life, where things are going too smoothly just like on a stright road, people get bored and start to get distracted, similar to getting confused by road signs.
In a relationship, when a couple gets together for too long and everything becomes a routine, people tend to seek excitement by ‘trying new roads’. i.e. straying (physically or mentally) or breaking up to seek new boundaries.
Sometimes as we drive on a straight road continuously for too long, we forget where we are heading.I think it is very important to constantly remind yourself about your goals and aims that you set in the first place.
In a relationship, when we get bored of our partners, when the passion gradually diminishes, we should sit back and ask ourselves why we loved that person in the first place. In life, as we bury ourselves in our work and start to hate our jobs, we should remind ourselves why we chose to do what we are going now in the first place.
Even though driving on a straight road tends to get boring after a while, i have learnt to appreciate the benefit of having a consistencies in my life. To go against my constant and turn left/right as directed by other road signs is the last thing i want to do.
