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Traffic Tales - Mopac

Traffic Tales~ Zooming down Mopac a couple days ago, I had to truly smile at the lessons of life literally rushing around me. I was in a slow-paced day, having actually gotten out of bed when the alarm first sounded and not rushing in chaos to get ready. As other cars zipped in and out of the steady flow of traffic headed south, the images of the tortoise and the hare appeared in my mind. Ironically, I am normally the one zipping in and out of traffic, often very arrogant and proud that I have "mastered" this daily commute. But not this day.............KLove playing on my radio and the very cool air with grey overcasting mingled together to put my spirit at rest. So crystal clear was the analogy of society, the tortoise/hare and the Mopac traffic. When the street lights collectively turned-off, I saw society as a collective..... It became evident to me that as society moves forward in its consistent and slow pace, individual participants within it that move too quickly can ca...