What will serve you well in life?
Just yesterday, i was on my way to work, a commute that involves driving across Tampa Bay on a 2 mil long bridge.
My bridges was stuffed with traffic.
A commute that usually took 30 minutes, took 2 hours.
That traffic jam literally shut down Tampa’s morning commute, causing everyone to be an hour late.
What i later found out, was that that morning around 5 AM, a highly intoxicated man drove down the wroing side of the bridge.
He made it almost 2/3 the way down acroos the bridge.
He was weaving between oncoming traffic, until he finally went head on into an oncoming commuter.
He was killed.
The innocent person he hit is in the hospital currently, in critical condition.
The driver had a history of drunk driving.
It does make one wonder what takes people down there roads in their life.
Perhaps it started with one drink with friends as a younger man, and later snowballed into a full blown addiction.
Maybe the addiciton was just a substitute for unhappiness in his life.
Or maybe driving down that bridge was his way out, and he was willing to take someone with him.
In any event, we all have our demons represent our weaker selves.
Know your demons. Know their names. Know when they visit. Know how to keep them out.
Small demons can become big demons. Big demons can be many demons. And when that happens, it’s game over.
Keep an eye on your demons.
Demons hate being seen. When you see them, they tend shrink. They tend not to mulitply.
Sean Kernan
Quora
