I just read in the online Wall Street Journal, that a traffic jam in Beijing, China, may last until mid September. The whole article and images are here if you want to read it it all.
The problems are caused by construction, creating a jam for dozens of miles. Apparently on Tuesday, the stand-still had been there for ten whole days and drivers of trucks were forced to eat food from road-side noodle vendors, and just sat playing cards all day.
That’s a serious tail back!
I’ve lived in California for the past two years, and one of the only down sides of sunny SoCal, is the traffic. Especially the nearer you get to LA.
Traffic just stops for ages, then moves again, all with seemingly NO REASON! This has happened to me there at 11am, 3pm and midnight…so clearly the crazy traffic doesn’t even play by the rules of traditional ‘rush hour’. How do you handle traffic jams? They are a real test of character aren’t they?
On a deeper level, what do we do in life, when areas of our job, or a relationship, or a project, come to a standstill?
Do we get mad, yell, blame it on others…?
Do we need a reason for everything that happens, or can we choose peace in the standstill and trust that God sees from a bird’s eye view?
I learned in Southern California, that when traffic jams hit, there was no point stressing or trying to figure out they ‘why’.
I just had to relax, sit it out, and choose to do something positive and useful with the time… like call a friend on my hands-free kit, or work on some lyrics in my head.
Do you find that hard in life – to embrace times when you feel static and like things just aren’t moving forward? How do you deal with it?
-Vicky
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