I’ve written about this video before, I come back to it again because it’s such a simple metaphor? analogy? Maybe it’s the algorithm for our lives.
We are one of those cars. We are a plot point. We are a generation.
Look at those cars trying to figure it out. Making mistakes, crashing into walls, going the wrong direction. Learning how to make left turns, learning how to slow down, learning how to navigate. Learning how to learn.
Am I the car that crashes into a wall? Am I the car that can learn? How far can I go?
The car that goes the furthest is rewarded with being the seed of the next generation. Most cars make it further in the next generation but there are still cars that make the same mistakes or don’t go as far. Like human generations, we inherit the learnings and the mistakes. We are meant to build upon the previous generation.
But the secret, there is a purpose, each car has a purpose. Whether they fulfill it in their generation or not, they’re serving the next generation.
This idea really puts life into perspective. I mean we’re just one of those cars on that race track. We’ve all been born into circumstances, inherited a learning pattern and decision-making abilities. We could be from a seed that has found it’s way further down the track or a seed that crashes off the first turn. But we also have the ability to change and update these patterns
We’ve all been given a problem, rich or poor, whatever skill, education, ability, color, advantages or disadvantages. We all face a problem, personal and specific to us, inherited, taught and nurtured in our lives. I believe that’s the problem we’re supposed to face, what we must overcome. This is the purpose in our lives to solve that problem, overcome it, so we can share the solution with others.