Shouldn't we all be doing this?
June 18, 2011
June 15, 2011
Rush Hour Traffic
For time reference: This happened like mid-May
I was driving back to school after coaching a baseball game and I decided to take another way back just for fun.
Mistake 1: I drove back on interstate 94 during rush hour traffic.
Mistake 2: I had to take an exit next to University Avenue where road construction is making way for light rail.
Mistake 3: We lost the baseball game so I was pretty frustrated and stressed out. (not really a mistake, but a contributing factor)
Traffic was backed up, I was getting inpatient and frazzled with everything going on with the day. I was switching lanes getting ready to exit when all of a sudden everyone started moving like crazy, getting into the shoulder, making room for something.
There was an ambulance trying to weave through traffic. I thought: What could be more stressful than that?
After the ambulance passed I realized something.
Everyone in traffic knew that they didn't have it as bad as the ambulance. Whatever the ambulance was doing was far superior than their priorities. So, we, as a group, got out of the way to make way for what's more important. My frustrations were lifted after that, everything seemed a little better.
The rest of the drive didn't go so well, after weaving through multiple parking lots and construction zones I finally made it back to school.
I promised myself to keep consistent and stay away from that area for a long time.
I was driving back to school after coaching a baseball game and I decided to take another way back just for fun.
Mistake 1: I drove back on interstate 94 during rush hour traffic.
Mistake 2: I had to take an exit next to University Avenue where road construction is making way for light rail.
Mistake 3: We lost the baseball game so I was pretty frustrated and stressed out. (not really a mistake, but a contributing factor)
Traffic was backed up, I was getting inpatient and frazzled with everything going on with the day. I was switching lanes getting ready to exit when all of a sudden everyone started moving like crazy, getting into the shoulder, making room for something.
There was an ambulance trying to weave through traffic. I thought: What could be more stressful than that?
After the ambulance passed I realized something.
Everyone in traffic knew that they didn't have it as bad as the ambulance. Whatever the ambulance was doing was far superior than their priorities. So, we, as a group, got out of the way to make way for what's more important. My frustrations were lifted after that, everything seemed a little better.
The rest of the drive didn't go so well, after weaving through multiple parking lots and construction zones I finally made it back to school.
I promised myself to keep consistent and stay away from that area for a long time.
June 11, 2011
Song of the Week 6-11-11
A friend of mine says you don't really know someone until you see them cry, laugh, and get angry. Each one of those may be meeting them for the first time. Through hardships and pain is when we seem to grow closer to one another.
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