Good CAR...ma : It's all about making good "CAR...ma" for yourself! Yes, *smile* I know it's spelt wrong - but I thought about it and this whole website talks about the "bad" side of driving and it's drivers. So I felt that we should have a "good news" so to speak page. We all know about "kharma", "what goes around, comes around" and so forth - here's my spin on it! Here's a private story of mine - please see the humor in it! Set up : I, like ooodles of regular people had one of those "should have stayed in bed" mornings... Once I arrived to work - I emailed all my friends hoping they'd get a laugh out of it and they did - but it provoked the "Good CAR...ma" policy in me. "we all know what a challenge day to day can be." Today : woke up - got the flu - can't stay out of the bathroom - late for work - but looking good because I can't leave the house yet so I might as well spend the time fixing my hair and make up... Leave the house late - get to the end of my street - need to go back - don't need to say why (re above) Leave the house later... Turn onto highway from my street - some driver blows his highbeams at me even though he has OOOOOODles of room... Driving 81 in an 80 zone (but I really want to go faster!!!!) - new guy is on my behind (can't even see his plate he's so close), passes me on a corner - flips me the bird - yeah "good morning to you too driver". Continue driving - large truck passes - kicks up rock - spiders my windshield Running low on gas - need coffee REAL BAD - get gas and coffee - spill coffee all over my seat. Driving on Inkster - almost side swiped because driver beside me is trying to find something at their feet and not watching where they're going. Arrive work 8:45 - and I'm already $250.00 plus coffee in the hole.
The whole time this was going on, I was listening to Bob Marley and I'm not sure what came over me (maybe it's a BOB thing) but I truly was in peace with everything and even laughing! I decided that day forth that I would practise Good CAR...ma. In essence - no matter what - I try to do good in the belief that "it'll come back to me three fold"... Here's some ways to bring "Good CAR...ma" : Let someone in : INSTEAD of speeding up - check around you - if it's safe - ease up and let them in.
Parking spaces : INSTEAD of driving like a maniac to get the space - let someone else have it and walk a few more paces.
Sister Act : Remember when Whoopi was going to get shot at the end and was going to use the "F"bomb, the nuns stopped her and instead she said very politely "Bless You"?!? INSTEAD of getting angry - take a few breaths and just smile and let it go. (This is a real hard one!!!)
Pay it forward : This one sounds REAL cheesy - if you're a coffee nut and you stop on your way to work - by someone else's coffee too! I'm not saying you have to do it everyday... But if you can afford gas - you can afford a coffee now and then for someone else.
Send me your "Good CAR...ma" stories - people say we can't do anything because we're just one person - lets start a movement! Something we can all say we've been part of it! PS - I should be honest here, you'll notice in my little story above that I have bolded the word "driver"... I had to edit it as I used potty mouth in my description originally. 12 Minutes Faster
Auntie Karen
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