The windshield is much larger than the rearview mirror for good reason. Ahead of us lie vast possibilities in an imperfect but beautiful world. The past is meant to be passed.

The rearview mirror serves a purpose – it’s helpful to glance at occasionally, remembering where we’ve been in order to guide us towards or away from similar destinations. To see if anyone is coming from where we’ve been that we might want to change lanes to steer away from, or make our destination clear to help them follow us.

If you stare at the rearview mirror long enough you will end up crashing. Then when you start driving again you will now have a crash behind you. The ruins of that crash threaten to distract you from the front windshield and consume your attention once again. It becomes a non virtuous cycle.

What’s in front of us is a wonder. With free will we have the incredible opportunity to design our future. We can’t control everything, but we can set the gps and keep our eyes ahead. We can be present and take it all in, left to right, low to high, from streets to the sky, buildings to mountains.

Your future begs you to create a clear vision for it, and live in the present in service of that vision. Remember what your future can be, and live every day to the fullest to bring it to life.