Interesting fact:Kangaroos and Emu's cannot walk backwards.WRONG!.lol Apparently they CAN but they don't...because it makes them vulnerable and unable to properly defend themselves adequately and more susceptible to attack..Amongst other things,physically they have a huge tail which makes it cumbersome as well.
I was sitting at work pondering this very fact.
Backwards,Reverse, going full body forth into situations familiar and common to you.
Looking back is one thing,going back is another.Picture police officers going into unknown territory forewarned of danger,they are to be well armed and have to look front ,back,at there sides,up and down,to make sure its safe to go AHEAD.
I thought about what happens when we doubt progress and begin to pick up old habits and falsified memories of "happiness".Where we bend scenarios and try to remake them into what we feel could have happened.Going backwards never ends up correct.Backwards with an unfixed ,or unchanged mentality makes you even more vulnerable to what is behind...which by the way has upped it's ante and strength,since you last left it.It's stronger than you,and one step ahead.Ha! and we go back...fore what?
LoL I laugh at how in church we say "back slide". have you even slid backwards on a sliding board?As a kid it's fun,you put your feet up hold onto the railing and let go, and it's smooth sailing...but if you go too fast..you will fall right on your butt!Now down a swirly slide starts off smooth but once you hit that corner its either whip lash or your legs are hanging off the side and your head is hanging off at the end and you're struggling to readjust your body. Try that as an adult....Ouch..Deep huh?...lol..Some of our life situations are like that.Ex boyfriends,ex-friends,old habits it's all in the same circle of rear view mirror-ness...lol(that's a Keoka-ism don't judge me :-) )Lets' try moving forward,remember why we go full steam ahead,remember back then,but don't try walking forward eye's behind you...Believe me its a DISASTER...ask about the tourists in NYC...lol.. having a moment here.
This just a thought.I had to catch myself...I wondered ,what if?Or how come?and maybe yes....
"There's nothing wrong with painting a picture,its just hopping on the canvas that makes it all different"
Keeks
Interesting post. I'm generally not a big fan of going backwards myself. Like all things in life, there are exceptions, but generally these things reside in the past for a reason.
ReplyDeleteLook what happened to Lot's wife when she looked back. Not to take scripture out of context, but that particular event can serve as symbolism of sorts of it being unwise to have your sights fixed on the past.
Sidebar: "And we go back...FORE what?". Now was this your wit in all it's splendor, or a typo that coincidentally fit? ;-)