Movement and Direction

I know I could get into a train or a car and I will eventually get somewhere whether I pay close attention to where the vehicle is going or make sure we take all the right exits or not. I don't even have to know where I am going or when I'll arrive...I will eventually get there at some point. I know perfectly well that I could go to sleep because no amount of concentration or attention paid or not paid on my part will change a thing. Yet there I am, face pressed against the window staring at all the signs trying to interpret their meaning and wondering if we'll get to wherever on time!

Or, renting a movie. I mostly do this when I want to relax...just shut my brain off and stare at the glowing box. Now, if the plot gets intricate and complex I lose complete interest - but I can not take my eyes off the screen. Once again, I know very well that I could get up and go to the bathroom or go to sleep and miss 30 minutes of the movie and understand what is going on just as well. But no, I watch carefully - following from scene to scene to see what will finally happen.

Thus is Life. It goes on and we move whether we know what direction we are going or not. Understanding: That organ of our being that helps us to interpret Life - sometimes we are alotted it, sometimes we are not. Peace...ah peace - knowing that someone else is driving and has it all marked out and knows exactly where we're going. But regardless, we have to make decisions - we have to keep going from day to day. Tomorrow happens to us...but it always does. We can be frantic and confused and frustrated and defeated and can watch and guess...but we aren't driving. We will eventually get there - and whether we understand the plot or not...it does come to a point, an end, a defining place.

The issue is Trust - Faith: an organ of true sight - do I actually 'see'? Am I abandoned to Him? Then let it be.