As most of you know, we have a CRU summer Project team here now. It is a wonderful group and we are helping transport the crew of 18 around town.
Yesterday some of the girls confessed to me that Brenda gave them a real fright in the car on Friday. They were truly scared.
Sweet, dear Brenda was engaging them in conversation. Being so courteous she was making eye contact and turning around to speak to them. She was, of course, sitting in the front passenger seat, which here is on the left side of the auto, where the driver typically sits in the USA.
Being newly arrived, their minds were telling them that she was driving.
If she is driving, why isn't she lookint at the road? Dangerous, you bet! Except of course, I was driving and Brenda was merely riding, and it didn't matter that she wasn't looking at the road at all.
There are many morals to this story, but perhaps for us the biggest is, that things are NOT always as they seem. The world, which seems so solid and permanent is NOT. These people who seem so ephemeral (at times) are the permanent things. And that has serious implications. Think about it.
Yesterday some of the girls confessed to me that Brenda gave them a real fright in the car on Friday. They were truly scared.
Sweet, dear Brenda was engaging them in conversation. Being so courteous she was making eye contact and turning around to speak to them. She was, of course, sitting in the front passenger seat, which here is on the left side of the auto, where the driver typically sits in the USA.
Being newly arrived, their minds were telling them that she was driving.
If she is driving, why isn't she lookint at the road? Dangerous, you bet! Except of course, I was driving and Brenda was merely riding, and it didn't matter that she wasn't looking at the road at all.
There are many morals to this story, but perhaps for us the biggest is, that things are NOT always as they seem. The world, which seems so solid and permanent is NOT. These people who seem so ephemeral (at times) are the permanent things. And that has serious implications. Think about it.
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