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Life Lessons from a Traffic Jam

Posted Thursday, November 19th, 2009

As I write this, I am stuck in VERY heavy traffic on the A4. It is so bad that I get the chance to blog from my iphone.

Funny as it sounds, I am learning a lot out of these traffic jams I traverse daily from Rijswijk to Schiphol. I was in a pensive mood today and I had the chance to ponder on a lot of things about life:

1. Queue up. There is no point trying to get ahead of everyone else when youre treading the same road anyway.
2. Pay attention. There are smaller and bigger details to worry about but the most important thing is that you pay very good attention to everything that’s going on around you.
3. Be sensitive, be watchful. Like when driving, always take caution and look around… because you don’t know when you will get hit or you hit someone else.
4. Stop complaining about the traffic. Instead, find something to amuse yourself without endangering other motorists.
5. Never follow the navigator blindly. Always know which direction you’re headed to…I always forget this, but maybe now I should. I learned my lesson the hard and very painful way. But hey, it’s the only way to learn right?!?

Happy koopavond, everyone!