watched all these movies before and never noticed there are some very powerful lines and before long I was writing some of them down. Though I had not planned for great revelations in my day of relaxation I did discover an epiphany, an insight that spoke directly into my life.
In the movie, The Fast and The Furious, there is a scene where Paul Walker’s character Brian O’Conner who is an undercover cop shows up to a street race looking for a street racer that he is investigating. Edwin, a regular on the circuit comes up to Brian and asks, “This yours?” as he refers to the car by Brian. Brian says “Yeah, I am standing next to it.” In Edwin’s response he comes back with, “It’s not how you stand by your car; it is how you race your car”.
Let me say those words again, “It’s not how you stand by your car; it is how you race your car”.
This was a moment of deep insight for me …. Isn’t how we live our lives much like this statement? Are we just hanging out for show or are we really living our life?
A race car driver jumps into the driver’s seat, buckles in, focuses on preparing for the race, hits the gas petal on “Go” and looks ahead to the finish line.
So, what does any of this have to do with staying on track, on task? If you aren’t even in the driver’s seat, how are you going to figure out what you need to do, what your vision is. Do you know what brings you joy, inspiration and happiness? What dream or desire do you have? What steps can you take to get into the driver’s seat, to stay in the race and be on track for success?