(looking back to believing forward)
January 23, 2022
RCP, Low Entropy Volunteer Writer
A long night’s road trip. This is called life.
We have no recollection of when we began riding, but the facticity of it is peculiar and beyond doubt. This is called our condition.
In this drive under nightfall, most of life is hidden mystery. Our headlights and taillights brighten a small area immediately around us, but darkness shrouds most of the path and we are unsure of its size and nature. This is called uncertainty.
We’re often caught looking in the rearview mirror, trying in vain to straighten the road behind us in its dim red light. This is called regret.
The trip cannot stop or pause, and behind us lie irrecoverable scenes of joy and people we don’t know anymore. This is called grief.
Sometimes we glance over our shoulder and think of the times when the road was smooth and beautiful. This is called nostalgia.
Whatever it is behind us, it was done as best as it could be, and we are better off to not even bother to look at it. This is called acceptance.
The beam of the headlights reveals to us but a small area in front of us that is continually moving forward, yet always in the same place. This is called the present.
That which lies ahead of the light is completely concealed. This is called the future.
Our journey has given us bumpy road before and we know not if we can stay on track the next time. This is called fear.
The road doesn’t go on forever, and we know the car will eventually break down, despite the sweetness that the path is paved on. This is called despair.
The road has been smooth behind us, and even though we must drive slowly when it is bumpy, the nature of the road is to vary in its evenness. This is called hope.
The car only moves forward and does not pause for our sake. This is called fate.
We concentrate on what our headlights reveal to us and let the future take care of itself. This is called faith.
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