I made a Startling Realization
this morning. I was driving to work, stopped at a red light, and I started to look at all of the other drivers in their cars. Most of them were alone–bad carpoolers! although, I can’t really talk–but there were a few retired couples. Then it hit me, I don’t know the last time I noticed there were real live humans in the cars next to me.
What a silly thing. It’s obvious, isn’t it, that there must be people driving the cars on the road, but I somehow submerged that little truth inside of me like a submarine disapearing in a swamp. I am the swamp.
I feel alone when I drive. I’m focused on myself, not the people next to me. I think about my music and my blog and my friends. I’m very ambitious.
It was refreshing today to notice that there were other people on the road with me. I got to spend a little time out of my own head and inside of theirs, and for a brief moment I was saved. Like a cool shower after playing basketball in the sun.
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