The thing we forget when we are planning our schedule is that we probably won’t have buy in from the world at large. If you have exactly ten minutes to get to your next appointment you will invariably end up on a two lane road behind the woman who has taken it on as her mission to keep speeds under control on her section of blacktop. She is usually driving a Subaru Outback, two tone wagon, with a bumper sticker that says something about how saving whales will bring world peace to Tibetan monks, and if you were wondering, when she is driving on the road you happen to be on, she does own it and thus has control over all drivers lucky enough to be in her lane. She considers it a gift to be able to drive 30mph in a 45 mph zone, and she won’t even notice the endless line of cars behind her that she is holding up. She has a calling to encourage those around her to move at her perfect pace. When the road finally goes to four lanes and you pull up next to her at a stop light, she will look straight ahead and keep both hands on her steering wheel, and then you’ll realize the truth. She isn’t trying to slow you down or be in your way. In fact, she doesn’t even know you’re there.
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