Similarities
Working As driver I couldn’t help but notice the similarities between driving a car and living a life. We The First Person are behind the wheel of our lives mostly calling the shots about which direction to go or how fast we drive. We are responsible for the maintenance and the cleanliness of our lives. As well as we are responsible for the accidents or harms we cause others while driving.
The similarities between a car and a life are enormous. It can easily be recognized by everyone. Both of them their sole purpose is to move through space and time, only at different speeds. Both have beginning and end points, and both their journeys are the fun part about them not the destination. Both need to be functioning to give you the outcome you’re looking for, and both can be easily broken.
When we are born, we wake up in the back seat of our parents’ life that they built on their own as we will do later in life. Sometimes the care is jammed with many other riders (siblings) and sometimes we are the only passenger. In some cases there’s only one person behind the wheel and other times there are hopefully two parents who know how to drive so they can switch.
As long as we are in the back seat, our lives are controlled mostly by the laws of that parent’s life. we shouldn’t keep our parents distracted from the road because it can be dangerous. we can’t open the windows too low so we don’t fall out or we don’t catch a cold. we can’t trash their car, and we have to keep our noise low so we don’t bother the driver. We also shouldn’t ask for too many stops because the car requires the driver’s most attention since it is the one thing taking all of us from A to B.
As we grow older we are instructed to pay attention to whoever is driving so when time comes we should know how to drive and hopefully build our own life. We discover that driving is not only how to operate the car but how to pay attention to the road, which one to take and which to avoid. how can we deal with other drivers on the road, and how frequent can we stop and rest. We find that getting there is what’s important not how fast we get there.
to be continued..
ABZU 