It is amazing how readily we forget our true, divine identity and instead identify with jobs, titles, roles in society, and even things! For instance, many people seem to slip into a different identity when they are behind the steering wheel of their car.

I remember getting my first car. I was only a teenager, and my parents agreed to put me on their insurance policy so that I could afford to drive. At that time, we lived in a small town, and I went to school in the city. For months, I drove around absolutely convinced that I was an extension of my car. I was so excited by my newly acquired sense of freedom. Of course, this freedom must have originated from within me or I couldn’t have experienced it. I felt absolutely omnipotent when I was driving.

What happens to our personality when we get into our cars? Why does the car become an extension of us, and why do we believe that we own the road? Road rage stems from the belief that we should already be at our destination and that everyone else is preventing us from getting there. What a helpless state! Do some people act as if they owned the road because they pay more taxes? Or maybe it’s because they believe they’re running out of time, as the concept of eternity has not yet become a foundation of their life.

And what about the rules? We are bound to become prisoners of the driving ethics of others if we are unwilling to be flexible with right-of-way regulations. If we could just surrender our possessiveness and our separateness and remember that all is one! I always wave a thank-you to the person who is letting me enter the lane in which they drive. This lane does not belong to them any more than it belongs to me. Keeping this awareness as a foundation when I’m driving helps me to be courteous to others. As a result, they are courteous to me.

We will greatly enhance the quality of our driving experience if we become more committed to suspending our judgment of others. When I encounter a person who is driving particularly slowly in front of me, I say, “thank you.” I realize that because the universe loves and cherishes me, there must be a reason for this speed. I don’t go on and on trying to figure out what their problem is. I just accept that every person, even the slow one in front of me, is exactly where they’re supposed to be at exactly that moment in time.

I remind myself that this is God’s party, and I’m simply one of His invited guests. This is the same approach I take when I have to wait in line. These situations are often opportunities to communicate with one another, and we simply don’t take advantage of them as they arise. Let’s start!

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