There are times when I think that the offender should be confronted (for their own good). It’s almost immoral for us to allow people to continue to do bad things. Granted, it’s a pretty tall order to pull over a road-enraged driver and tell him or her that calming down would be a good idea. Especially if you value your life.

And, certainly, we should remember that we, too, are flawed. That should affect how we treat others that offend us or test our patience; the Golden Rule says it all.

PS I’m occasionally known to be one of those super-duper-fast-I-have-somewhere-to-be drivers

Here’s where I think I need to learn to move towards:

For example…when I’m driving, sometimes I’ll get irritated at the slow driver, the non-signaling driver, the last-minute-sneak-in-the-lane driver, the super-duper-fast-I-have-somewhere-to-be driver. I’ve learned to catch myself getting angry and choosing to have grace and patience thoughts and actions towards them.

HOWEVER! I still find some error in this.

I don’t think it’s good enough that I “get over” it, tolerating it or refrain from getting angry. I think there needs to be forgiveness. And I think true forgiveness is not just being okay with something happening, but recongizing that we are capable of the same things.

What do you think?