I just saw this advert. It was made by the Sussex Road Safety campaign to encourage road users to wear their seatbelt.
Although it’s short, I found it incredibly striking. It’s visually and aurally beautiful but it also works on a much deeper level.
Because it’s a fantastic metaphor for good relationships.
Deep down, that’s what we all crave. People to enjoy the journey with us, to be our seatbelts when we need them to be. And to let us be their seatbelts too.
Sometimes we go about this in an unhealthy way. Sometimes we want people to be our seatbelts all the time, when they just can’t. Other times, we think we don’t need seatbelts, that we can do it all on our own.
The fact is, we all need seatbelts sometimes. Part of becoming who you are is about recognising that, identifying those who can be good seatbelts in your life and giving those relationships the attention and work they deserve.
Who are your seatbelts; the people who are going to catch you when you fall and let you catch them in return?
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This made me think about my relationships. I found once again that am so greatful for what my wife has done and does for me. She will sometimes – even when I am not encouraging it – fiercely wrestle with me for my becoming aware of mistakes that I am prone to make based on my childhood programming. It is an incredibly difficult task to do, because if I am unconscious of my mistakes she is totally on her own with her intention.