When I was younger, bad drivers would make me mad. I had to adjust my philosophy or I'd be in a bad mood all the time.
Consider how your bad mood effects the bad driver...not at all. You get to be pissed off and have a lousy day which has no effect on the other guy at all. Same can be said about holding a grudge against someone who did something wrong to you. That effects your mode not the "wrong doer". Learn how to forgive and your life will improve.
Anyway...
Bad drivers no longer make me mad. I even enjoy the real-life video game aspect of saying alive while controlling my actions through traffic to allow me to survive when other drivers are being stupid. You can't get mad at things stupid drivers do, that's just what they do.
It makes no more sense than getting mad at the rain because it is making you wet. There's no reason to be mad at the rain, making you wet is the rains nature, it can't help it, that's just what rain does.
"One must know the so-called 'lesson of a downpour. A man, caught in a sudden rain en route, dashes along the road not to get wet or drenched. Once one takes it for granted that in rain he naturally gets wet, he can be in a tranquil frame of mind even when soaked to the skin. This lesson applies to everything. "
- Yamamoto Tsunetomo (from The Hagakure: A code to the way of the samurai)
Later,
Kent Larson in Minnesota
Remember, ride like you are invisible. Better yet, ride like they can see you and want to kill you. Then, make sure they can't.
Consider how your bad mood effects the bad driver...not at all. You get to be pissed off and have a lousy day which has no effect on the other guy at all. Same can be said about holding a grudge against someone who did something wrong to you. That effects your mode not the "wrong doer". Learn how to forgive and your life will improve.
Anyway...
Bad drivers no longer make me mad. I even enjoy the real-life video game aspect of saying alive while controlling my actions through traffic to allow me to survive when other drivers are being stupid. You can't get mad at things stupid drivers do, that's just what they do.
It makes no more sense than getting mad at the rain because it is making you wet. There's no reason to be mad at the rain, making you wet is the rains nature, it can't help it, that's just what rain does.
"One must know the so-called 'lesson of a downpour. A man, caught in a sudden rain en route, dashes along the road not to get wet or drenched. Once one takes it for granted that in rain he naturally gets wet, he can be in a tranquil frame of mind even when soaked to the skin. This lesson applies to everything. "
- Yamamoto Tsunetomo (from The Hagakure: A code to the way of the samurai)
Later,
Kent Larson in Minnesota
Remember, ride like you are invisible. Better yet, ride like they can see you and want to kill you. Then, make sure they can't.
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