This makes me think of one of our routes to go and visit my in-laws.
There is a point where the 2 lanes of traffic are specifically for those going straight on (left) and those who want to turn right (right lane).
Most people at this point want to go straight on, and there is a bit of a bottle neck and the left hand lane is always full of traffic crawling forwards.
The right hand lane remains mostly empty.
Many cars try to use the right hand lane to skip a portion of the line in the left hand lane. But in this particular stretch of road, most people will not let you cut back in, and these cars then end up holding up anyone who wants to turn right.
We would always stick to the rules and just sit and wait in the left hand lane, apart from one time where we were late for a lunch with my other half's grandmother.
We decided to give the lane cutting a go, thinking that every other time we always sat and waited, so perhaps this one time it was 'ok' to cut in.
Nope.
No one else knows or cares that you have always followed the rules before, or that just this one time it's important for you to get somewhere faster.
Everyone wants to be on time!
I feel like the old man is a representation of someone who travels this road a lot and understands that actually the quickest way to get where you're going is to stay on the right path!
Haha! I like how you're sharing stories about you doing the infraction :) I had wanted to force this on people--to share these stories specifically--but I think not many people would like to admit to the violations. I want people to embrace their faults and learn. Way to set an example, my friend!
You know what, this actually fits into a different koan. Day 11, specifically, but you're on point about the old man! The violation you mentioned peeves me so much, I had to make a separate day for it haha! It's awesome that you said this ahead of it though, I would consider this when that koan comes. This koan however pertains more to those who blatantly counterflow.
I appreciate you taking the time to recount these stories! They're all so wonderful, even if violations are being made. The important thing is that lessons are learned as well :D
You know it didn't even occur to me that I was sharing a bunch of personal infractions as opposed to any done by someone else. Ha! Apparently I have no shame!!
I have been thoroughly enjoying your daily koans! I had a fair amount of work to do today, but hopefully I will catch up with your latest ones later or tomorrow. :)
And that's great! Just let loose! I'm glad that Steemit is giving you an avenue to do so. Leave the shame for the real world :D
Awww that's so nice of you to say! :') It's nice to be appreciated. Coming from the wildfire of interaction of my previously published novel though, I would have to say that the overall reception to this is quite dismal. But, I can't complain. I'm just so thankful to people like you, my friend!! :D
And I'm very happy to have discovered you and your writing!!
Ooh I'm going to have to go and dig through some of your earlier work and have a read it sounds like. :)
I'm happy you discovered it too!!! If anything, it led me to discover your writing as well. Always great to stumble upon Steemians you get along with! I won't ever get those massive whale votes, so at least I get to spend my time interacting with awesome people while I'm here haha!
If you ever find the time to read a 24-chapter novel, let me know. I have a compilation post that has a link to all of the chapters, so that you wouldn't have to rummage through all of my other posts haha!
Oh yes, do send over the link. I'd love to read it, although there are a few other things that are top of the list at the moment.
Wowsers though, you've written a whole book!! That's so impressive! Did you finish it recently?
No worries! Being in the queue is already a privilege :D You can find the table of contents here: https://steemit.com/fiction/@jedau/a-day-in-the-clouds-1498532817-1375682
I finished it last June. It was a 6-month passion project where I posted weekly updates. So, this daily update is quite new to me haha!
Fantastic. Considered it bookmarked and in the queue!!