Originally Posted by
NOS88
I have a friend to moved to Montana to get away from all of the "fools" he had to encounter on a daily basis. Five years later he moved to Alaska, because there were too many "fools" in Montana. He's been in Alaska for 10 years and is trying to figure out where to move to get away from the "fools" he meets there (He's even tried two years above the Artic Circle). I suspect he'll never find a place to live with which he's happy. It occurs to me that when everyone is a "fool" in your eyes, the real fool is you. Now, I'm not saying the OP is a fool. Rather, I'm suggesting that one must be careful to not allow a view of the world to emerge in which it is impossible to live with others. I would be surprised if either of the other drivers were trying to cause an accident. And, I'd be surprised is the OP hasn't done something in the last week that others thought foolish. It all just comes with being human. So, what to do? Take a deep breath and take another and another and another if needed.
There is a story in an old Boy Scout handbook about a kid leaving town and going to another. Liberally paraphrased, he encounters an old man at the city limits and asks:
"How are the people in this town?"
The old man responds with a question:
"How were they where you come from?
"Terrible. They were unfriendly, bigoted, and stupid. I couldn't wait to leave."
"Well, son ... you'll find them the same here."
The kid moves on into town. Another kid appears, asks the same question and is given the same question in response. He answers:
"Great. Intelligent and helpful. I made a lot of good friends, and I'm really going to miss them."
You know the old man's answer: "Well, son ... you'll find them the same here."
A lot of what we see in others is a mere reflection of ourselves.