Driving at the Speed of Life

Life is quite a journey isn’t it?  Just like in traffic, you never quite know what is around the bend, but so what?  Isn’t it fun to drive on scenic unknown back roads with some good tunes playing?  I wanted to share a traffic study that inspirational speaker and author, Esther Hicks, talked about in a podcast.  We can all learn something from this: 

Intersections:  Analysts counted how many cars would pass through three different intersection styles in a 15 minute period of time.  The three types were:

• 4 way stop: Where a lot of cars were stopping and going. 
• Man directing traffic:  Instead of stop signs they had a man directing traffic. 
• Roundabout: No stopping and cars would just go into it on their own.  Every individual making their own decision.

Guess which style allowed the most traffic to flow through?

The roundabout had more cars pass through.  This study shows you that it’s better for the whole when all of the individuals are making the decisions for themselves.  I loved this because it supports the belief that we can stop trying to control what everyone else is doing.  If left to our own devises, we will eventually do what is the best for everyone.  In the traffic of life, just worry about yourself and everything will just fall into place. 

We don’t need to decide what is right or wrong for others.  What we can do is to decide how to best blend in.  It is not important to decide what are proper behaviors, actions or interpretations.  You just need to choose for yourself.  Besides, it’s exhausting to worry about what others are doing or not doing.  I would rather use that energy on myself.  So relax into the diversity and enjoy the ride!