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I always take the time to speak to them warmly and personally, even after I know they are giving me a ticket--even if they didn't 'have to' do it. I always think, poor guy is just doing his job and probably gets horrible, psychologically poisoning treatment all day; and here he is, not knowing if he will survive to tuck his kids into bed tonight. Not trying to be preachy, but these are the things that I feel. Maybe I sense his defensiveness and want to let him know, 'hey, man, it's okay, you're still a person--you deserve to be loved' you know?
Only once have I had a response that was not reciprocal, and I think this kid was a rookie--maybe too much testosterone, not enough life experience, who knows.
'People are people so why should it be that you and I should get along so awfully?'
Happiness is how you react, you can't change what happens.
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There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there
it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your
expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever
gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio
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