WRITE OR WRONG by (me!) Sandra, tvgp
This is another one of those highly transferable life lessons; observations. Inspired by the combination of having recently received a speeding ticket AND just reading about the speed limit being INCREASED and DECREASED on several streets in my magical town. Now.. Follow along: MOST (not every single), but the very most large majority of people, will and do, drive at a comfortable and safe speed.. This is true whether a speed limit sign is visible or not. And it is as true for people driving on freeways as it is for people driving in residential areas, frontage roads, etc. NOW.. All you have to do, is... Observe, observe, observe. Let's say, on a given street.. 98% people drive 35mph on average, give or take a mph. AND now.. Let us place a speed limit law/sign that reads 25mph. -it's what known in my mind as -a set up. These type of set ups -well, we are surrounded by them everywhere... Home, work, organizations, churches.. All you have to do is Take the normal standard human behavior or thought.. And not on a grand scale, but only slightly.. Make that perfectly normal behavior wrong, or sinful, or illegal, or taboo. Entertaining to contemplate, observe, ponder... How/what areas of life are like this... Where this -set up- formula might apply... Perfectly safe, normal: 35mph... But the law says 25mph. And so.. You havE been set up.. To break the law; to fail or fall short in some way. And the fault/blame is yours now... Not the law, that was maybe stupid and not reasonable or necessary to begin with... FASCINATING to me also, to witness the Easter season and the "fasting" inspired by lent. To watch, my son, for example.. Give up soda. To witness how ..suddenly.. Drinking a soda, which was perfectly acceptable weeks ago, registers now in his mind as a failure or sin or crime.. Since he decided to fast on this item during lent. And how many people are at a perfectly healthy weight.. But convinced by media they should be -10lbs- lighter. 10mph off. 10lbs off. Culturally invented/self Inflicted set-ups. Follow along.. 98% of people who parked in a given lot, all cut through -the same patch- of grass, to get to their destination. What would you do? Put up a sign that reads DO NOT WALK ON GRASS, or place walking stones/cement in the area where everyone naturally walks anyway...
posted by SHE @ 10:26 AM
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