4 May 97

rickdobs@mail.sunlink.net

Pardon me for sounding antique, but I can't help wondering if the "automobile" was
the bright idea of a genious inventer, or the "demon seed from hell". Consider 
this... while the four-wheeled wonder propelled mankind into super-racedom, it 
also began to slowly poison our air and  compact and pave our soil. We certainly 
would not be where we are today had it not been for this invention, but I find 
myself asking... "Is this such a good thing?" 

Our lives revolve around the fact that we can now "get there" quicker, and get more
of a thing to there. I speak from slight experience... I'm a professional truck 
driver. I'm the driver of that big thing that's in your way, or in your mirrors, 
each and every day, trying to get more of a thing to there, and there, and there...
We, as a civilization, have become sooo stressed out about getting there quicker 
than the driver beside, behind , or ahead of us that we forgot that it's not the 
there that's important. The MOST important thing about getting there is what we do 
and learn along the way... who we meet and talk to... how our souls are stirred.

That, however, isn't nearly as important as being the first to get there. By the
way, where is it again, that we're going?

Thank you for reading!
Rick