Wednesday, November 28, 2007

U-turn

We often encounter a U-turn in driving to a destination. It might surprise you that even in our lives we could make use of a U-turn.

I am a person that is sensitive to directions. Though there were instances when I drove past some landmarks and ended up taking a U-turn. When I don't know a place, I ask for directions and when a place seems not as described I would immediately stop to make sure that I am not lost. There are however, people who drive endlessly until they realized that they were already miles away from where they were going.

Have you ever heard of a typhoon or storm going back? Definitely, it happens when a stronger typhoon pulls it back after it has moved away to where it has been. Isn't that a nice metaphor of our lives as well. We think we're done with some things in life only to be pulled back once again. If it was a bad habit, vice or attitude, then we should be strong enough to resist the pull of our old selves.

However, if it was a greater cause that we had left to pursue other things, or probably a road we did not take that strayed us away from the right path, then why not consider a U-turn. One can always go back and reorient his directions.

The earlier or sooner one gets back the better possibility to reach one's destination. In life, we don't have to always move forward. Sometimes, a U-turn makes the difference in finding one's purpose and it saves us time and resources as well. So don't be afraid to make a U-turn even storms come back. Why not people then?