Tragic Rewind

Don't think every little thing you do and say matters? Consider these scenarios:

1) You're driving along the slick streets in the cold, hard rain. Traffic is bumper-to-bumper in spots, and idiotic semi-trucks are trying to drive like they are in Corvettes. You've got the satellite radio blasting as you go over a few mental notes for your early morning meeting at work. Suddenly, you notice a small Ford Focus turn on its blinkers and try to merge onto the freeway from the entrance ramp. It struggles to get on as car after car pass on by. As you get closer, you can see a male and a female in the front and wonder to yourself... "after all the damned assholes that cut me off in life, this bitch can wait"... you daintily drive past the Ford Focus --- and moments later, you exit onto a street and head toward an intersection. You barely get a chance to come to a complete stop at the red light when a speeding car careens out of control and plows into the driver's side of your car.

You are dead. Game Over. Insert Coin(s). The saddest part is this... had you let that Ford Focus onto the freeway, that would have bought you the precious seconds you needed to avoid this catastrophe. As your spirit ponders over how hindsight is such a bitch, emergency workers try to pull your twisted, mangled body out of the wreckage. Meanwhile, I'm going to press REWIND on this tragic story and go back 2 minutes.

2) As you get closer to the Ford Focus, you can see a male and a female in the front seats and wonder to yourself..."Fuck it.. I'm still early." You brake and allow the Ford Focus to pull ahead of you. Interestingly enough, the female turns her head and appears to be writing down your license plate number. You wonder what the hell is she doing? That is... until a week later, after the male did some detective work, you receive a thank you note from the male and a handmade card from their children... thanking you for helping save their mother. Because of your seemingly small, insignificant deed -- you gave this man the precious seconds needed to get his wife to the hospital. Unbeknownst to the couple at the time, it turns out that if her internal bleeding lasted any longer, she'd be the one pushing daisies.

The point? We should never underestimate our power to change the world... with each and every thing we do and say.