The idea for this emerged while stuck in traffic at the intersection of Highland and Center Avenue in the East Liberty section of Pittsburgh. A good friend in the passenger’s seat counseled, “John, it’s time to be Zen-like.”
If you're anything like me, I get a little impatient and occasionally emit expletives behind the wheel of an automobile. Okay, to be honest, I emit a LOT of obscenities while driving!
Patience is definitely not one of my virtues and I tend to get behind schedule, running late as I scurry around town for errands, deadlines, business meetings, appointments and even worse, gigs.
In contrast to the more rational, left-brained, laid-back mode I engage whenever possible, I seem to "meet my shadow," the dark side of my persona as Carl Jung calls it, when I encounter traffic jams.