If life were like driving a car...

Hello! This is Io-mama.
Thank you so much for finding Io-mama among the many notes!

Just as I, who used to hate myself, was able to make a sharp turn,
a day will surely come when you, too, can accept yourself.

**be yourself**

Through card reading, crystals, and astrology,
the simple happiness of [loving your true self]will be in your hands...

I aim for this note to be the 'trigger' for that.

Now, today I'd like to write about something I suddenly felt while driving the other day.

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Only those who speed on flat roads.

When driving a car, there are always those people who rev their engines on flat, straight roads,
and if there's even a slightly slower car, they act like,
'Hurry up already!' 💦

It's the same with uphill roads.
Basically, on an incline, it's obvious that a car with more power will be faster!

I drive a light car daily, so I get chased from behind even more...

But it's really funny how those revving cars disappear far into the rearview mirror the moment they hit a downhill slope or a winding mountain road (lol).

Oh, sorry for being mean 💦

Flat roads, mountain roads, bumpy roads, roads without paths.
Isn't the most efficient driving, in the end, being able to adapt your driving style to each one?
That's what I mean.

On roads where it's easy to drive, they zoom along,
harassing slower cars.

Yet, the moment they reach a mountain road, they end up driving slowly (because their driving skills can't keep up)...

In the end, they can't make the turn, fall off the side of the road, or crash into the guardrail.

If you do things like that, even if you zoomed ahead, you'll have to pay the price later, and naturally, you'll end up arriving at your destination late.

Isn't life the same?

I thought while driving that this might apply to life as well.

Life has its ups and downs.
There are times when you can move forward smoothly and easily, and times when you are faced with nothing but difficulties, can't move as you'd like, or have to turn back.

What if you speed too much through those waves of life when you can, and then stop completely and become unable to move when difficulties arise, and end up feeling mentally depressed?

I think that is incredibly inefficient.

Instead, keep your own pace.
But if you walk in rhythm with the ups and downs of life,
and keep an eye on your surroundings as you go,
your pace won't be significantly disrupted, right?

Is your life's fuel efficiency good, too?!

It's the same when driving a car,
you slam on the gas,
or slam on the brakes...
And then accelerate suddenly again.

If you keep doing that, your fuel efficiency gets worse, doesn't it?

It's the same with life,
sometimes you put in all your effort and move at full speed,
and when you run out of energy, you suddenly stall...

And then, as if to make up for lost time,
you try to rush ahead.

If you keep doing things like that,
you'll either accumulate fatigue and get sick, or you'll collapse, right? 💦

Rather than that, don't you think it's less tiring to keep a steady pace with a calm mind?

You can save your energy instead of wasting it.
That's why when you think, "I have to push hard here!"
you can exert your strength,
that's what I think.

Adaptabilityis a term that exists.
It means to respond appropriately according to the place or situation.

Actually, there are many times when I am not able to respond with "adaptability."
When you drive a car, please try to be a little conscious of "driving according to the situation."

Thank you for reading until the end today as well.

With healing and love,
Io-mama