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Stress Management - Life Thru the Rear View Mirror
Filed Under (Articles) by admin on 12-09-2006
What would it be like to drive to your next destination looking only through the rear view mirror. What would be the chances of getting safely to your destination?
Answer: slim and none.
If that’s true, then I’ve got just one more question for you:
“Why do we try to live our lives that way?”
Alright, I admit I sort of set you up there, didn’t I?
If you can forgive me, then consider just how often we attempt to “drive” our lives looking through the rear view mirror, wondering why we keep getting into various
“wrecks.”
At this point you might be thinking, “some people try to live this way, but I certainly don’t.”
Perhaps.
Before you dismiss the possibility, consider some of the signs of what I call “Rear View Living.”
With a nod to comedian Jeff Foxworthy, you might be a “rear view-er” if:
you ever catch your self saying or thinking “If only…………”
you believe the best times of your life have already happened
you long for “the good old days.” Will Rogers said “Things ain’t what they used to be and probably never was.”
your motto is “I wish I woulda-could-shoulda”
you believe with all your heart that “what might have been, would have been”
your favorite cartoon as a kid was “Rocky & Bullwinkle” which featured the words “Sherman, set the way back machine for…………..”
you feel chronically sad or depressed
you tell people younger than you “these are the best times of your life”
you actually believe it’s too late to change anything.
One objection I often hear at this point is that
