It was the first beautiful, non chilly , sunshine day of the week. Just another day but yet it was peaceful, bright and a perfect-day-to-start-your-week-with kind of a day. A whirlpool of thoughts for the tasks to be done for the day where zooming around in circles , priorities to be set and keeping a tab on whats humanely achievable .
Midst of all this , the first task was to drop the kids to school and then step on my gears to mission impossible!!
Ours is a regular local road stretching straight from my house to the school. I could see kids walking alone or with an adult(s), enjoying the pleasant morning. Cars wheezing slowly dropping off kids. A fine day, I do my part of the deal, send my kids off and on my way back home, looking forward to next task in line.
One thing for sure, come what may , I always follow rules . STOP sign means a complete stop for at least 5 seconds , speed limit at any school area during drop off and pick up, never more than 25mph. I guess its not a "save in kindness box" type of generous ordeal. Its just what everybody does. That is what I assumed up until now.
I was on my way home at 25 mph, a car started tailgating me too close. At first I ignored. It's just the way I am going to drive considering the school area and timing. No matter the rush the lady following me was in I was not going to speed up anyway. Then suddenly I hear a HONK. I was pleasantly annoyed to put it decent. I still chose to ignore. She could fly if her car could take her off but 'not in school zone' was my thought. I crawled at my own speed not being bothered by her unending urge of crushing me over to get to her destiny.
I hear another honk, I have a human urge to slow down even more to "calm" her down a bit!! Keeping my cool I keep my speed and wait to turn at my street keeping enough space for her to zoom away to wherever her emergency was. Then taking my alms to her benefit ,she honked the best she could, zooming away at more than 50 mph.
The sanity I cherished up until now broke down. Before I could turn my vehicle around and give her a reality check she was off like a ghost lost in a fog of human commitments.
There is no time more precious than the time being with your loved ones. Saving couple of minutes of travel time won't stop the earth from rotating. But one rush, one so-called emergency speeding might stop someones time forever. All those years of education that helped you reach a level where your presence at work could be so valuable is futile if you have failed to understand the meaning of "Time" and essence of "Life".
Midst of all this , the first task was to drop the kids to school and then step on my gears to mission impossible!!
Ours is a regular local road stretching straight from my house to the school. I could see kids walking alone or with an adult(s), enjoying the pleasant morning. Cars wheezing slowly dropping off kids. A fine day, I do my part of the deal, send my kids off and on my way back home, looking forward to next task in line.
One thing for sure, come what may , I always follow rules . STOP sign means a complete stop for at least 5 seconds , speed limit at any school area during drop off and pick up, never more than 25mph. I guess its not a "save in kindness box" type of generous ordeal. Its just what everybody does. That is what I assumed up until now.
I was on my way home at 25 mph, a car started tailgating me too close. At first I ignored. It's just the way I am going to drive considering the school area and timing. No matter the rush the lady following me was in I was not going to speed up anyway. Then suddenly I hear a HONK. I was pleasantly annoyed to put it decent. I still chose to ignore. She could fly if her car could take her off but 'not in school zone' was my thought. I crawled at my own speed not being bothered by her unending urge of crushing me over to get to her destiny.
I hear another honk, I have a human urge to slow down even more to "calm" her down a bit!! Keeping my cool I keep my speed and wait to turn at my street keeping enough space for her to zoom away to wherever her emergency was. Then taking my alms to her benefit ,she honked the best she could, zooming away at more than 50 mph.
The sanity I cherished up until now broke down. Before I could turn my vehicle around and give her a reality check she was off like a ghost lost in a fog of human commitments.
There is no time more precious than the time being with your loved ones. Saving couple of minutes of travel time won't stop the earth from rotating. But one rush, one so-called emergency speeding might stop someones time forever. All those years of education that helped you reach a level where your presence at work could be so valuable is futile if you have failed to understand the meaning of "Time" and essence of "Life".
