Rooted Route

When you're driving to get from A to B and encounter a red light or two in between, your brain automatically switches to think mode. Its almost as though traffic lights were invented for this purpose. I realized that introspection is always a stranger, and every once in a while it hitches a ride. So, before changing lanes, we use this time to think and get some air. Only sometimes we swallow years alongside it. Unknowingly. Tests of yesteryear become lessons in our minds, and events metamorphose into experience. What we didn't want to see all along is what we suddenly seem to have front row seats to - all the reds and greens which once were, and the ambers which still are. We can ignore them, bully them or brush them aside all we want. But the essence of it all is this - Its not until you hope for the future, that you begin to understand all that has come to pass. So, go on and get your engines started. Switch to first gear.