Yesterday, I had lunch with a graduate student, Stephen Backer, and we came out of O Charlies to see a mess of ambulances and sirens. Two people had gone into the intersection at the same time and neither one would yield. I came home and checked it out on the computer and found that both of them were cited. It made me think about what would impel two people to put their lives and others with them in jeopardy! But lives are wrecked by many stupid hoped-for gains!
All the way home we talked. Steve is 23 and I am 74 and the dangers are always out there for all of us. What would make you go before your turn? What would make you sell out your convictions? What would cause a person to play Russian Roulette with the only life that they have? Too many questions go unanswered.
So I prayed that they would all recover and if necessary, recover their senses. So many of us need to relax and take time to smell the roses or prognosticate about the thorns involved!
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