Today’s quote was given to me from a guy who was about to take a business trip. The trip was between Chicago and Minneapolis, which is a four hundred mile trip.
It usually takes about six hours to drive between these two old NFC Central rival cities. It also takes damn near close to six hours if you add up all the chores it takes to fly.
So the man who gave me the quote from Buddha decided to drive.
The stress of going to O’Hare airport compared to the stress of driving through Wisconsin has a big difference.
Instead of chancing confrontations and crowded airplanes, the traveling man decided to listen to music and look at the fall foliage of the Midwest.
In the long run both modes of transportation take about the same amount of time, but what is the value of time?
Think about today’s quote…
…How much time is really left and why not spend it looking at leaves in the southwest corner of the Dairy state?
It is the decisions like this in life that help us realize how much time we really do have.
My Oldman always took the side streets when he traveled through Chicago. He hated taking the expressways which would probably have gotten him there faster, but were usually at a standstill.
Every time we got on the Eisenhower….every time…. He would say, “This G. D. piece of crap Eisenhower was obsolete the day they cut the ribbon on it!”
So instead of the Ike he took Lake Street or Roosevelt. Instead of the Ryan, he took Halsted. My dad took the grid system everywhere and do you want to know why?
Because you can’t see the neighborhood from the fast lanes.
You can stop at newspaper stands and Italian Bakeries if you take Grand Avenue. All you see up on the expressway are billboards and smokestacks.
The trouble is we don’t respect the time we have. Take the route that makes you happy. Don’t take the route that creates stress and anxiety.
Give yourself the chance to watch the leaves change these next few weeks.
You’ll be surprised how better you feel going into the end of the year.
….. and go out and put the smile on the sun. Today is going to be a gorgeous day, so go and enjoy your time.
