Everyday Encounter...
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Human kind has been on a journey round light:
We sat round a fire and told stories as communities and clans; We moved indoors and read stories around the fireplace, or listened to them on the radio; The radio got replaced by the television and we continued to have less responsibility in telling the story, though we were all still pointing in the same direction; Nowadays the TV is still in the corner of the living room, and the seats still point towards it, and it ever continues to burn out a light and tell stories, but whilst it tells its stories I tune it out and disappear into the light of the screen in my hand. It tells stories, paints pictures and shows things to me. I experience them alone, along with millions of other people, and occasionally I send them to other people on social media so that they too can enjoy them alone.
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I was on my way to a meeting somewhere new. The sat nav suggested I could either turn left or go straight. I went left because that looked like the more fun option. As I happily drove down the road I came across a work-horse pick-up truck doing a three-point turn in the road to avoid going through the ford. I ignored the signs and kept going. It was fun, it was deeper than it could have been, and my car miraculously made it through (even managing to be cleaner!). It was a win-win really, but it could have been expensive... Especially if it had been deeper and faster flowing.
The better option would have been to have carried on straight along the other route, or to have turned around before I got there. A less dangerous option would have been a bridge, or to wait until the ford was lower. Here's a simple reminder. It's OK... ... To be not OK... ... To make mistakes... ... To crack under pressure... ... To ask for help... |
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