Light Living Life in the Front View

LIGHT LIVING LIFE IN THE FRONT VIEW

Why look in the rearview mirror to see what’s behind you when you can look straight ahead?

Look up, look out, look around...simply look out front.
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Back in 2013, I wrote a poem titled, “Living Life in the Rearview,” as I wrote I reflected on the past and tried my hardest to focus on the present day and look towards the future. Some days I was spending too much time thinking about the past with all the should haves, could haves, and would haves.

LIVING LIFE IN THE REARVIEW

Drifting through the day squinting to see ahead
The view is blurry, I can't see, I try
Slowly I turn around to look behind me and focus on where I have tread
Living life in the rearview, why?

Days continue to pass and weeks drift by
Sitting by myself, longing to be a part of something
Outsiders see me not knowing my heart and passions
Living life in the rearview, why?

Questioning if I should open the doors to new
On one side, I feel sorrow and on the other side, I yearn to know about tomorrow
A quick look back one more time at yesterday
No longer living life in the rearview…making the decision today to live life in the front.

How do we embrace the past, stay engaged in the present and look forward to tomorrow?

How do we use lessons learned to make better decisions, build strong communities, and create a vision for tomorrow?

There will be times when leaders find themselves wondering about their purpose. True leaders learn from their past and set their eyes on the future.

When we take lessons from the past, we are able to gain insight about the future while we learn more about who we are becoming. We are able to be a light that sharpens our purpose. We then have the capacity to pursue our purpose passionately to positively contribute in our families, friend groups, organizations and world.

There is always time that is meant to be, we embrace the past and spend time today being responsible for tomorrow. If we respond appropriately to the seasons of our life, we will receive enjoyment by living out our purpose.

Look ahead.