The Healer: Replacing Road Rage
One day on a four-lane highway a senior executive failed to notice a driver behind him trying to pass. The frustrated driver finally passed on the right, blared his horn, and made an insulting gesture. The executive became enraged, sped up, and began to overtake the other car on the right. As he was passing it, he rolled open his window to shout a response; the other driver did the same. As the executive looked at the other driver, suddenly the words popped out, “I’m sorry!” The other driver was speechless, then he too replied, “I’m sorry!” Each ended up motioning the other to go ahead: “You first!” “No, you first!”
When a friend asked him, “What happened to your anger?”, he replied “I don’t know, I guess I just suddenly saw how ridiculous the conflict was.”