The next decade....what's in store?

Through the rear view mirror

Went by a friend to play Mad Bull's favourite game, Kalooki, last night (they allowed me to win since I'm the "foreigner"), and left there after midnight. Home was a short 7 or so minutes away. For the duration of the ride, I drove as quickly as I could and also kept looking in the rear view mirror to ensure that no car was following me. At the moment that I saw a set of lights too close, I turned on my indicator and hoped that the driver would turn the other way, which they did.

I considered driving on Charlemont, but I thought that having to slow down for the sleeping bumps would give a preying criminal opportunity to pounce, so I drove up Widcombe Road instead. This is how I think whenever I drive in Jamaica.

I never have these thoughts in Grenada.

Another note about looking back through the rear view mirror....

You can live your life that way, always looking behind you, in the past, to cry over spilt milk, lament over choices gone bad, or see if your past or your fears are catching up to you.

Or..

You can look forward, at the road ahead, carefully thinking about the different twists and turns you can take to get where you want to go (of course, one must have a destination in mind!), then choose one and enjoy the ride. If it doesn't lead you to where you thought you wanted to go, maybe you didn't really know where you were going and need to re-think that, or maybe it was just the wrong road. Choose another and again, enjoy the ride and don't look back.

Posted by yamfoot at February 19, 2006 10:59 AM