Hello,
As I am commuting to and from work, a couple of things strikes me. One thing is how seemingly stupid and irrational some people seem. I have to travel south on one highway, then go east on a 9000 street in order to get to my office. If I keep going 100 yards east of my office I come to another highway going north and south. So, there are two highways crossing the street of my office.
As I am driving either direction, in the morning or the afternoon, there is some rather long lines of cars since people are merging onto the highway or coming off the highway.
What strikes me as rather irrational would be the cars infront of me or behind me that, after sitting in the line for a coupel of minutes (the line is rather fast) make a U-Turn (in middle of rush traffic!!!) to turn and go the opposite direction. I suppose they drive a block or two and then take a street going north or south and then turn to drive towards the highway again on another street.
I don’t know if you get the picture of what these people are doing. But in essence, they take a detour of many many many more minutes than waiting for the line to clear up. It must make a difference for them, where they are loosing, maybe ten minutes or more (remember that they have been sitting in the line for a while too).
What makes people make decisions like this? Are they not smart? Are they so stressed so that they do not realize the reality? Someone once said (Svante Rumar) that we normally give up the wait for our miracle/breakthrough one we have the miracle within reach.
Is that how it is? I do not know if it really works that way but I do know that we need more patience and wisdom in our lives.
Gotta tend to some kids here….over and out
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