Directions in Life: Merely Words?

"To get to where you'd wanna go, firstly you've gotta know where you are..."



I’m sure this is not the first time any of you would have heard this.
But I can’t repeat this phrase in my head more often than these few couple of days.


To those who drive, you’d probably figure that when you turn your steering to the left, it is only expected that the car will turn that direction.

To those car-modification enthusiasts whom I have had the privilege to be acquainted with, knowing where to point the car “properly” would mean you would most certainly need to install what is known as a strut-bar or an undercar anti-roll bar.

Or what about those “Global Positioning System” gadgets that we all fondly call GPS?
Do we rely on them enough to lose our way if we don’t carry them along?

What if the GPS goes into “emo mood” & take you around in circles, like I have had the fortune to experience last night, much to the delight of the Angel who couldn’t help but laugh all the way till we raised our belief level to trust the signboards & subsequently found our way out of the predicament?


Well, if the sense of direction can be enhanced with a couple of modifications & gadgets, don’t you think there would be virtually nothing that cannot be achieved, simply because knowing where to head will probably get you there, safe & sound?


But we know that live is not just about maps, junctions, signboards, speed limits, emo GPSs…
It is also about knowing when to slow down when the speed bump approaches, to put on an indicator light when shifting lanes, of winding down the window or just tapping the horn lightly to acknowledge the familiar ride of our friends’ when we spot them, so on so forth…

So why is it such a hassle to even make the right judgement when it comes to life?
Which way do we take?
How fast should we go?
Do we trust our GPSs (of which from now on, I’d use sparingly)?
Do we really need to acknowledge spotting that friend while we drive past the ride?


More importantly, do we need to say what we feel or how deeply we feel about someone or something just so that the direction is not lost?

Is it really that important to express them?
You decide.

For directions in life are merely words.

So, what say you?