talkingtime

I have decided to make this post somewhat of an online journal. I was getting annoyed at the superficialness of this. So I would like to share a recent happening as well as a small thought that popped in my head today. (Saturday).

The day started out with me riding to a park in Bedstuy for free yoga. On the way, I was biking in the right lane and making a left turn onto a street. There was oncoming white cargo van that I was waiting but only a second for to pass, so I could proceed with my turn. There was a vehicle behind me that had just gotten there as I was making the turn. Instead of going around the right side of me or simply waiting for a moment, the vehicle went straight  as I was turning. To make it more clear, im in the middle of the left lane turning onto a street, there is an oncoming van, and the vehicle behind me speeds up to go between us. or through me rather. Luckily I was only nipped on my left side by the right side of the car.

 My demeanor was calm, as I knew what happened, happened, and there was nothing I could do about it. I did not approve of their inpatient behavior. The only thing I could have done better was, I should have signaled. Though they had just come up behind me.
Even though I was outwardly calm about the situation my heart was pounding. I was shaken up on the inside but I was fine because I knew I was a few minutes away from Yoga, so I could get out of my state and into a relaxed mode.

After yoga, I got home and put some Comfrey salve on the areas of the arm I got hit to help with the pain. Than I thought about the scripture verse:

"Confess with your mouth and believe in your heart....." Exact:  If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9

When you (one) admits that God is real, alive, and present, --than you are admitting that you(man) are weak. If you admit that there is someone above you, a creator, a God, your ego shrinks, you are taking a small step towards humility.

Man is confident in his own ways.

I am disgusted most at people who are constantly bragging and 'talking themselves up' about what they have accomplished or what they can do. I am not necessarily talking about being sanctimonious but just having a lot of ego or trying to prove yourself to yourself.

Thinking about this makes me disgusted at myself because I find myself trying to compete with people like these in their "one up" game.

That guy who hit me because he was selfish probably drove away thinking he was in the right. Instead of stopping to see if I was okay, or to talk about it, he drove off in his self confidence and righteousness.

There are some great quotes by Mason Cooley on self-righteousness.

The End.