December 1, 2010
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Hope
Did you ever have one of those moments where you had hope for humanity? One of those moments where you said to yourself, "Yes, everything is going to be okay." I had one of those moments on my way home this afternoon.
Let me set the scene: I live near DC, where traffic is notoriously nasty. I came up to a particularly busy intersection and the traffic light was broken. My road had a blinking red light, while the perpendicular traffic had a blinking yellow light. Given the region and the time, I knew I was going to be there for a while. The other traffic had no obligation to let me or the other cars before me in.
However, a peculiar thing eventually happened. The other cars began to stop and shuffle in the cars in front of me. One car would go, then a car on the other road would go, then another car would go, then another from the other road. Eventually it was my turn and I turned on to the road with no difficulty. I was freaking out, man! Afterwards, I attained a certain level of inner peace. It was as if everything was going to be alright.
… That is, until I pulled in to the grocery store parking lot. There was much taking of the Lord's name in vain and renewed feelings of utter misanthropy. Oh well.
