Think About It

I don’t like traffic lights. It seems that whenever I am trying to get somewhere, they are always against me. About the time I am making progress, they stop me and I have to wait for what seems like an extortionately long time. They stop the long line of cars on the road I am traveling just so one or two other cars can enter traffic. If I had my way about it, I would eliminate traffic lights – well, at least in my lane of traffic. While the preceding paragraph is written somewhat tongue in cheek, there is an element of truth to it. Just watch as people get stopped by a traffic light: many of them bang their fist on the steering wheel, some yell some not-so-nice words and others just speed up and try to make their way through them before the light turns “too” red. While we sit there we are impatient, and we are quick out of starting blocks when the light turns green. The other day, as I was fussing about being stuck at a traffic light, I got to thinking about why I was upset