I’m sitting at a light with a red arrow telling me not to go in that direction at this time. I wait patiently knowing it will tell me when it is safe to do so. As I proceed onto the next street there is a sign at the next corner telling me I cannot turn left as it is an one way. There are arrows on the street telling me which ways are permissible to go. I am suddenly noticing all the signs, arrows, and lines keeping me safe and going in the right direction.

Wouldn’t it be great if life had signs everywhere telling us what to do; wait, stop, changes direction, go here, not there, faster, slower, etc. But for many of us life has become a high-speed raceway, trying to get everything done now, rise to the top of the latter now, and we are missing the signs. Maybe we need to get off the raceway and onto a back country road where we can slow down and take time to see the signs. Going slower we can navigate safely around the potholes, notice the landmarks, read the signs, and maybe even enjoy the scenery.

Maybe at some point life said stop, it is not safe to go in this direction but because we were in a rush and didn’t trust the waiting we went anyway, or we were too distracted to notice the sign. Suddenly we find ourselves on a dead end or going the wrong way on a one way street. Now what??? Do we slow down and patiently wait, trusting life will help us out? Or do we continue to barge ahead making more wrong turns as we try to find our way???

For me, at one point in my life I made so many wrong turns I forgot where I was going to begin with. So now I am trying something new, getting off that crazy speedway and onto a quiet country road. I am working on regularly meditating and praying, taking time to see the signs, listening when that small quiet voice tells me to wait or to go left instead of right. And I am learning to trust that the red arrow will eventually turn green and I will be on my way!!!