… I can hardly see anything, everything is blurry, fuzzy, how am I meant to navigate my journey of life in this weather? Yet I must travel, standing still is not an option. I can not see the obstacles in the way, just about barely make out the outline of my hand. ‘Keep going’ I hear the barely audible but yet assuring voice urge me on. ‘Feel your way through’ the voice continued. ‘Sense the way and listen deep for there is direction from the internal navigation’. I quieten my mind, switched on my lights, looking and listening as I inched forward gingerly.
Yes, I needed my lights more than ever before. I switched on my fog lights, both front and rear as I could not see the tail light of the vehicle in front of me. My visibility was compromised, only a low beam light will suffice. The low beam light can distract and affect other drivers, however extreme condition calls for extreme measures, I had to go low and deep. The uninitiated will be offended, distracted and confused by our concentration and focus but we must not be swayed. The time for carefree driving, fun driving and distracted driving was over. The time for nodding head music or pointless intense radio debates was gone, this was not the time for auto piloting and aimless mind wandering or careless humour. Concentration is the name of the game for survival. Alertness is the navigator that gets both the driver and the vehicle home.
As I held on to the car steering with both hands for my dear life, my knuckles white, I reflected on the journey of life and consider the accidents, the casualties of foggy times, the ones whose cars are not fitted with fog lights, the ones who do not know how to switch them on, the ones who can not concentrate and are easily distracted and finally the ones who did not make the journey as they did not bother to try, reasoning that it will was ‘too’ foggy and always will be. They reasoned that they did not have what it takes.
How we approach the fog of life is what makes a difference in whether we succeed or not. Foggy times will come, it is inevitable. To succeed we must see it for what it is. A temporary weather phenomenon that will clear with time, it always does, and while it persists we just take the necessary precautions. To cry, moan or lament the fog does not help any one, in particular our very own self, it only serves to slow us down further and impinge our journey. We are not the first and unlikely to be the last to face foggy times. We must take it for what it is, one of those things that came to pass and part of the passage through life.
The fog is clearing! My visibility is being restored! Fog is a cloud and cloud moves, as the air heats up the fog slowly disappears. Brain fog are not much different, they do clear! We help to clear our fog quicker by taking care of number one, connecting spiritually, sleep, exercise, healthy eating, pursuing passion, doing all those right things we know to do will all help.
Be encouraged, fogs are temporary situation, they will and do clear, visibility will be restored, stay firm, stay alert, believe, stand on in faith, sleep, be at peace, find your calmness!
Beautiful Ivory 