At Southwest Airlines, we spoke of O&Ds – Origin, Destination. A plane departs from an origin. It flies to a destination.
Life is a series of O&Ds. We are leaving one place and going to another. Sometimes we choose the destination. We make the flight plan. We prepare and take flight. Other times we don’t like where we are, we leave our origin without thinking about what our destination might be.
We live intentionally by choosing our destination. We look forward. We fly into our future. We live accidentally by flying from our origin to get away from it … with no chosen destination. We look backward. We propel ourselves from our past. Ever try to drive looking only in the rear view mirror? Good. Don’t start. What would happen? We’d get into a lot of accidents.
Are you flying from an origin or to a destination?
