Quoting Julie, with her permission.
It seems simple…. by Julie Hassenflug Daniels on Monday, August 30, 2010 at 4:32pm ·
As we’re on the bike trail, where we’ve never been before, Jeff can’t help but looking at everything around him. As he does, of course, his bike veers whatever direction he’s looking.
I tell him, “Jeff, you have to keep looking the way you want to go.” He remembers this for a little while, and then starts looking around again. I try to explain to him that even if he really wants to go straight, if he looks the other way, he’s going to go the other way. I keep thining to myself…why won’t he just keep looking the way he wants to go? Silly boy…
Then I realized…this isn’t just Jeff’s problem. This is my problem too.
Even when I know what I want and which way I want to be going…I don’t always remember to keep looking the way I want to be going. On my bike, I’m not so bad, but with the rest of my life, when I have goals and things I want to accomplish…I wonder why things aren’t happening how I want them to sometimes, and I realize Jeff and I aren’t that different. I get distracted and look the other way. And without intending to, I move further from the direction I want to go, even though what I want hasn’t changed. Even when I am reminded by people that I know love me and have my best interests at heart, I still can’t always keep myself from looking in a different direction.