Rear-view Mirror Talks

I was on the road the other day, driving my car to get home. It was raining, and when it rains I can’t get hold of my thoughts. But that afternoon my mind wasn’t go far away. At least, I can still see the object of my mind’s interest. It’s the right rear-view mirror in my car.

What’s so interesting about that rear-view mirror ? Nothing. It was the same as usual. Then why, suddenly, my mind got stuck with it in that particular afternoon ?

It was its reflections and how it helped me drive.

Years I’ve been driving my car, and I do understand how a rear-view mirrors have a crucial role in driving a car. Sort of a guidance for the driver to decide where to lead the car. That afternoon, I realized that in life we should have a rear-view mirror just like when we drive. And we have, we all have. Just sometimes, for me particularly, lots of times, we forget that we have.

This rear-view mirror in our lives is called memory.

Many are saying that we shouldn’t live in the past nor in the future. Live in the present time. Right here, right now. It’s like we sit behind the steer, handling the clutch, the gas , the brake and the gear. That’s our present in life with our potentials, abilities, strength to live our path (in this metaphor, our road) ahead.

The road ahead is the future, and what we may find in that road is a mystery. But as we sit behind the steer, and step on the gas to lead the car ahead, we need to see the rear-view mirror from time to time. What reflects in the rear-view mirror is our past. From time to time, we need to review our past, which will provide a guidance for us to decide where to go.



That’s the ideal. That’s the saying of many wise men. And as usual, I’m so damn far from the ideal. So damn far from being wise too.

When my mind got stuck in that right rear-view mirror, I found where my life at. In the reflection of that rear-view mirror. In the past. Particularly, the past about few months back. In that past, I was given the most precious ever. Back then, that was all I ever wanted, and still till now.

In driving, it is impossible to see the same view between rear-view mirror’s reflection and front view of your car. But in my life, that’s what happen. What I see in my rear-view mirror is what I see also in my front view. I see my precious. And that is all that I ever want, now and forever.