Showing posts with label living in the moment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label living in the moment. Show all posts

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Worry, optimism, awareness

This morning, as I was driving to work, I went on a one way street. It is one way only for a couple of blocks and after that it becomes two way. I had to turn left, so I kept left on the one way street. A few blocks away, on the two-way street, a car was coming toward me. Sometimes people don't realize that it's a one way street and they might come the other way anyway.

So what do you do in this situation?
  • The worrier: he's going to come this way... what am I going to do? Should I just keep right just in case?
  • The optimist: he will see the one-way sign and will turn without interfering with me at all
  • The person that is aware and lives in the moment notices that there is a car on the opposite lane. When she gets there she can see what's going on and responds calmly to whatever happens: salute, smile, nod, gently point out that this is a one way street, break, accelerate or just keep driving. No unnecessary emotion.