"Where are you looking?"

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I’m teaching our younger daughter to drive. Recently she was driving and we were talking about how and when to use your rear view mirror. She was asking, "How often do I look in it?" and as she looked in it, I noticed that she was really staring into it.

"Instead of ‘How often…’", I said, "let’s talk about how long you look in it. You just glance in it. Avoid staring in it. It’s not a good idea to drive forward while staring backwards."

You know, that’s not just good advice for learning to drive, but great advice for listening to life and make a life, not just a living, too. You’re trying to move forward in life, right? Climb the next mountain. Get the day’s work done. Be a great parent. Or, www.StayMarriedForever.org.

But the temptation to look back, to get stuck in nostalgia, to peer in your rear view mirror is so strong, isn’t it? But as Will Rogers said, "Things aren’t the way they used to be and probably never were."

Look forward today. God is ahead of you, preparing the way.

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