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May 27, 2016
"Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in." --Isaac Asimov
The Brightness of a Greyhound Journey
"Our new driver was a brisk lady, vigilant but amiable. As we hit the road again, she introduced herself over the speakers and set the rules for the journey. She spoke clearly from experience and I wondered what kinds of situations she'd had to handle in the past. 'If you smoke on my bus, I will let you go immediately. If you do alcohol or drugs on rest stops, that is where you'll stay. It will be twenty-four hours until the next bus. That is a veeery looong time.'" Traveler and writer Maria Jain shares this engaging account of a Greyhound bus journey gone awry. Her tale shines a light on the unexpected insight and goodness that's often just waiting to be discovered in the midst of what the world calls "inconvenience".
BE THE CHANGE
The next time you are traveling on a bus, or waiting in line in a grocery store, tune into the people around you, and notice what assumptions or judgements arise. Practice letting go of them, and see how your experience shifts.
