Philosophy Of Life
Regulation of Movement in Life
Can We Follow The Rules of Life?
A few days ago, I saw a sign on the front of a house that said, “Look left, look right, and only then cross the street.” I thought about how much truth there is in that outside the context of the rules of proper crossing.
We are taught traffic safety in school, but when it comes to crossing the street of life, we are left all alone. How many times do we think before we take action in our lives? We are always in a hurry and we don’t wait for the traffic light to turn green — we either cross on yellow or we run because we have already caught the red light. And all this wrong “crossing” in life can be disastrous.
Can you be sure that some car — an unexpected difficulty — won’t sweep you over when you least expected it? And will a learner car filled with household problems slow down and give you the right of way just because you hope it’s less important than the other “cars”? How much easier it would be if we set our traffic lights — giving ourselves the green light exactly when we need it and increasing the red counter when we decide to take a rest. We’re constantly stressed about something, shackled to this limited crossing time, and there don’t seem to be zebra crossings anywhere on the streets to help us slow down our pace of living just a little.
Another detail of life’s street rules is that there are no stop signs. That would certainly make it a lot easier for us because we humans don’t know how to put limits on ourselves. How nice it would be to have one of these signs right where we already overwork ourselves and forget to pay attention to our loved ones. Unfortunately, we have to learn to set our boundaries of what is right and what is wrong.
Everyone goes through life at different speeds — some live as if on a highway at 140 km/h, others move as if they are eternally in a populated place at barely 50 km/h. As they say — everyone has their style of driving/living and you can’t judge anyone. The important thing is to be happy with your move and surround yourself with people who have a similar one. Otherwise, you will be at odds forever, even if you are very nice to each other. Don’t ever try to get someone close to you to increase their speed by force. Using your horn in inappropriate situations can make you deaf to someone else’s needs.
Another fairly common mistake drivers make is to relax so much in the leather interior of their cars that they forget the direction of life they are supposed to be taking. Let us not forget that material goods are something transient, and the more we indulge in them, the more we forget about the real meaning of life — namely, to make an unforgettable journey for our spiritual self while it is in our body. We have no way of knowing where it will go after we die, but at least let it not be like a prison while it is a part of us. Let us give it a chance to develop by taking care of it, by giving it pleasure, and not by cluttering it up in unnecessarily petty problems that we will not think of in a few hours.
Have you ever thought how much easier it would be if each of us had a personal traffic controller to show us when and where to cross? It would save us so many headaches because by some coincidence most people decide to cross the street at the same time anyway. (This is probably because they are not aware of which way to go and follow the mass of people without thinking about the disastrous consequences of their decision). Everyone should follow their direction in life without being influenced by the pedestrian next to them. Few are those who dare to cross at a place without a traffic light, but they are also perhaps the luckiest.
Most of us walk on the same sidewalk without ever looking to the side — that’s how limited they are! For such people, there is nothing better than what is happening to them at the moment. They have let themselves go with the flow without thinking that the moment they give up taking responsibility for their own lives, they give up their right to happiness. The truly happy person is the one who has taken the steering wheel with both hands and is not driving on autopilot; who does not even need a GPS to navigate to the right and final destination.
Anyone daring to cross at a place without a traffic light must first look to the left, then to the right, and only then cross. Let’s take risks, but before that let’s make sure there isn’t a pebble or glass in the road that will burst the tires of our enthusiasm. The people who dare to look well off their sidewalk are the dreamers. For some reason, it always seems to them that the shade of the trees across the street is bigger. They are the ones who make the world change because think of what a mess it would be if we all walked on just one sidewalk. And when you also meet someone who smiles kindly at you and beckons you to go to them across the street, how could you stick your eyes in the ground and say, “I can’t cross, I’m weak, I’m scared.”
Sometimes it is in that crossing of life’s street that you can find true happiness. You just look both ways beforehand and cross with quick steps. Sometimes even a small change in perspective can have consequences.
Everyone looks at the world from the position they are currently in, and any change in that position brings about a change in values and viewpoints.
There is no right and wrong in life’s street regulations. Everyone should hold on tight to their driver’s license and if they make a violation, take the consequences. Let’s not forever blame other drivers and pedestrians on the road. Everyone has the right to be part of the traffic and this must be respected. Let’s give the right of way to the weaker ones and on the other hand to the other ‘suicidal’ ones. As long as they have decided to live like this, let us not forbid them. And let’s not try to trick them by shining our headlights at approaching traffic police.
Sooner or later we will be judged for all the transgressions we make on the roads…of life.
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