There is nothing more clearly visible in anyone’s life than the past. Some define it as “the future with the lights turned on”, probably because it always makes you see things for what they actually were instead of what you thought it was at the time. I try to live my life as if I can see how it is going to play out. In essence, see the future before it happens. It isn’t magical, it isn’t impossible and it sure as hell isn’t sorcery. It is good old fashioned logic. Logic and reasoning are two of the most underused and undervalued aspects of anyone’s life today. People tend to forget about reasoning and throw logic to the wayside. Psych majors do this more than anyone. They have to justify the stupidity of others because they have been explained a few simple theories, that in theory, could cause the actions that we are referring to. Logic and reasoning however, teach us an entirely “new” concept on this same set of variables. Maybe you have heard of this before, it is a rather old saying. If it looks like shit, and smells like shit, it probably is shit. Don’t go around trying to justify what it isn’t, take it for what it is. If something looks too good to be true, it usually is. The same is true with the reversal. If something looks like a catastrophe, it usually isn’t as bad as it appears. A good rule of thumb is that nothing in life is ever as good or bad as it first appears to be. Once you figure out how to look at life through a pair of realistic eyes you will see that nothing is ever as good or bad as it was once made out to be. That is both reassuring and incredibly disappointing all at the same time.
Take time for reflection. It is the only way you will ever learn what you did right and wrong along your journey thus far. Also remember that life is not a series of checkpoints you must make it through before you die. Instead, look at it as a journey to the other side. Everyone makes it to the other side, what’s important is how you get there, not what route that you took along the way. People spend too much time on the complexities of the route they choose when in fact the only thing they actually have to do in order to “make it” to the other side is eat, drink, and sleep. If you can do all of those and not freeze to death living on a park bench, you are going to finish the race called life. If you run too fast you aren’t going to do anything except get there sooner and not see anything on your way. As the old saying goes, take time to smell the roses. If you don’t do it now, you probably never will.
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