Shot from the passenger’s seat.
You miss a lot when you run life in the driver’s seat. There are so many details and intricacies you have to pay attention to when you are the driver. Your speed. Other drivers around you. Sudden animals or humans crossing the street. Weather. Directions. There is a lot to keep up with.
It’s true in life, too. When you are in the drivers seat, you have to pay attention to everything. You can’t miss a detail or you risk disaster. Details for the day, schedules, food likes of family members…you mind becomes a perpetual spreadsheet of information that needs to be cross referenced all the time.
This weekend, we went to dinner and for a rare moment, I was the passenger. I tend to be the driver because I get VERY car sick, so I drive a lot of the time. But on this day, for some reason, I let go and let someone else do the driving.
And you know what? It was glorious.
I wouldn’t have really been able to see this photo safely if I had been driving. I wouldn’t have noticed the few boat trails left on the water that evening by those last few boaters coming in from a long day on the water. I would have missed a bumper sticker that became an immediate inside joke between us.
You miss a lot when you are driving the ship because there is so much else to observe. But sometimes it’s nice to just let go and be the passenger. Watch the world go by from the passenger side window. Let someone else handle the responsibilities. You don’t always have to fix everything. You don’t always have to solve everything.
You can just let yourself be…lean in to being the passenger…lean in to the uncertainty of it all.