Know-It-All
This story was prompted by my drive to work today. Pulling out from the Wawa near my home ( a right turn with yield sign and short lane), the car in front of me pulled out and then I followed, believing I had plenty of room between me and the cars that had just left the intersection from a light change. The person in front of me decided not to speed up to keep the flow of traffic going and was seemingly oblivious as to how to drive. He then slowly switches lanes. Well, the first car in the right lane must have come off the gun quickly (because she needed to get into the left lane). She sped up right on my tail and then cut over in front of Mr. Oblivious. I looked over and she was cursing up a storm and I could lip read her saying "so sick of stupid f*^%ing drivers" and continued her complaint. She looked at me once, but as I continued to look in her direction, she refused to look back. On reflection, I cannot say for certain if I was the "stupid driver" to which she referred. I got a little pissed because I didn't feel I did anything wrong.
Further down the road, I thought more deeply about how I assumed myself to be right and even momentarily, privately had to argue with this stranger (who was not present). I stopped defending my position and concluded that I could have been at fault and more patient upon entering the road. Sometimes we can admit our mistakes almost immediately when it is so apparent that no excuse can cover up your mistake. Other times we are not necessarily sure if we made a mistake so we are usually more likely to give ourselves the benefit of the doubt versus the other party. Where am I going with this and how does it pertain to the title of being a know-it-all?
Well, I write a blog to suggest interesting things that you should try and sometimes I feel like, "what am I doing?" and "why would anyone care about this?". Do I know so much more (know-it-all) that you wouldn't have these or better ideas for your life already? My ideas may not be better, but I tend to believe they are a little different. My point is if you have had a lucid dream while listening to the Flaming Lips soaking in a bathtub with Himalayan Bath Salts, my writing has worked. If you have tried out some of Google products, read some of Steve Pavlina's great personal development articles, or drank a mug of yerba mate while chanting 'hare krishna', I'm doing my job and I derive great satisfaction if I've helped you get in touch with your 'stranger side'.
In conclusion, I thought I was right and realized that it wasn't necessarily so. I try not to be 'right' when writing to my audience here at Synthesize and Remind, I try to be helpful, information, and interesting, so your curiosity remains high and you continue to return and refer other readers. I don't want to cut you off in traffic and then suggest that I was not the problem; I want to admit when I'm wrong, try to be right, and have us all grow along the way. Ending random transmission.
Further down the road, I thought more deeply about how I assumed myself to be right and even momentarily, privately had to argue with this stranger (who was not present). I stopped defending my position and concluded that I could have been at fault and more patient upon entering the road. Sometimes we can admit our mistakes almost immediately when it is so apparent that no excuse can cover up your mistake. Other times we are not necessarily sure if we made a mistake so we are usually more likely to give ourselves the benefit of the doubt versus the other party. Where am I going with this and how does it pertain to the title of being a know-it-all?
Well, I write a blog to suggest interesting things that you should try and sometimes I feel like, "what am I doing?" and "why would anyone care about this?". Do I know so much more (know-it-all) that you wouldn't have these or better ideas for your life already? My ideas may not be better, but I tend to believe they are a little different. My point is if you have had a lucid dream while listening to the Flaming Lips soaking in a bathtub with Himalayan Bath Salts, my writing has worked. If you have tried out some of Google products, read some of Steve Pavlina's great personal development articles, or drank a mug of yerba mate while chanting 'hare krishna', I'm doing my job and I derive great satisfaction if I've helped you get in touch with your 'stranger side'.
In conclusion, I thought I was right and realized that it wasn't necessarily so. I try not to be 'right' when writing to my audience here at Synthesize and Remind, I try to be helpful, information, and interesting, so your curiosity remains high and you continue to return and refer other readers. I don't want to cut you off in traffic and then suggest that I was not the problem; I want to admit when I'm wrong, try to be right, and have us all grow along the way. Ending random transmission.
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