Just had this epiphany this morning while reading about a wrong way driver on an LA freeway that killed someone last night.
I've once called an NMother - the oranges/apples metaphor. Oranges are obvious abuse, we know to avoid those. Apples are mores subtle. You choose the apple over the abusive orange. You eat the apple and enjoy most of it, but feel worse and worse until you hit the core, and then realize its rotten inside, but you are too sick to do something about it.
Noe, the freeway metaphor. A wrong way driver at 60 miles that hits you head on will probably result in your death. (3 people have died in wrong way crashes this week in LA in two separate accidents - both were on freeways after midnight). This is kind of a obvious safety hazard.
The NMother is like a little old lady driving slow in the right lane. Not a hazard, but a slow moving person (narrow minded, small thinker, who probably scowls at faster drivers). I'm the driver behind the NMother who realizes she has problems and just wants to speed up, get out from behind her and move on my way. So, I change lanes and hit the gas to speed up, only the traffic slows and if I am not careful and prepared, I will rear-end someone and it will be entirely my own fault. This is life trying to get out from under a NMother. Slightly dangerous. Over time, we know the obstacles and can pull ahead safely. But for awhile, its a risky move.
Have a great week everybody on the board.
