BLACK BOXES

Commercial aircraft carry two flight data recorders referred to as "Black Boxes." One logs the performance and condition of the aircraft in flight, and the other records the conversations of the crew and with air-traffic controllers on the ground. After an airplane crash, the boxes (which are actually orange) are retrieved and the data carefully analyzed to determine the cause of the crash. Air safety experts want to learn from past mistakes among other things so they won't be repeated. 

There are times in our lives when due to poor judgement, lack of experience, unexpected conditions, etc. we crash and burn! It may be at a job, in a relationship, or some other aspect of our life. When these crashes occur we are often left wondering what happened. Wisdom teaches us to learn from past mistakes. Wouldn't it be great if we too had "black boxes" in the aircraft of our lives? An effective way of creating a form of black box for our life is to maintain a diary or daily journal. When we have experienced a "plane crash" situation in our life, if we can go back and review our journal entries during and even  preceding that time, we may be able to identify factors that could have been addressed to prevent the crash. This is good to know for future flights of life. If a flight in our life is starting to get rough, some turbulence, we can review our flight data (journal entries) and possibly identify what's causing the turbulence and take corrective action. Consider adding the "Black Box" of journaling to the daily flights of your life. It could protect or even save your flight.