As I drive back and forth 2 hours a day I am constantly reminded of the Eddie Rabbit song, “Driving my life away”. It is interesting since I watch everyone as I drive by and how little they are paying attention to the world. Now from time to time I see the occasional song dancer, bopping to the music, and the series of distracted texters, readers, eaters, and a variety of people doing non-descript tasks that include everything but driving. It is the flocks of sheep, the drones that pay no attention to anything, that are curious to me. Those people who don’t even look at the moments in front of them, let alone the people to the side or behind. They follow blindly to their destination and I wonder if they are the same people who waltz through work doing as little as possible to make the day pass, never realizing that a smile or simple moment could allow them to pass the day in a much more positive manner. Why is it that many sheep are blindly happy and as many blindly sad? Yes, the “not sheep” have a variety of good and bad days as well, but the ups and downs are more prominent, with more ups as they conquer, rather than be conquered. So as I drive by the people, watching them in the window of my mind, I wonder how many lost hope in the world. After all, I am trying to understand, but have issues thinking like a sheep…
