My best friend - who happens to be a lesbian - always uses this phrase.  Often I tease her about it because she uses it in funny places.... I'm giving driving directions and say, "go straight"... she'll remind me that she "always goes forward, never straight."  Now, I'm not trying to bring in a political discussion regarding sexual orientation, I'm just telling you where the saying came from.  This morning for some reason as I was trying to go back to sleep - it's one of the rare mornings when I get to sleep in - this saying popped into my head.... and I started thinking more about it.  I wasn't thinking about the way she used the words but rather the words themselves.

Out loud say the following phrases:  "Go straight ahead," or "Continue forward."  Which sounds better?  Which is more true to life.  I don't know about you but for my life forward is always the direction I chose to be in.  My life is not like a steamboat going straight ahead.  It has little dips now and again - ebbs and flows.  Still I'm always looking and moving foward no matter what life brings my way. 

I think it occured to me in my little falling asleep mind that there may really be more to this saying than meets the eye...