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Pass the Bus!

Written by Mitch Ditkoff

Friday, 06 May 2011 06:38

A couple of days ago, driving from New York City to my home in Woodstock and stuck behind a bus, I started hearing weird metallic sounds coming from my engine.

Ouch! I was already paying thousands of dollars to my son's orthodontist and had zero interest in shelling out more for an unexpected car repair.

The more I drove, the louder the sound got.

I looked at my dashboard, expecting to see red lights, but everything seemed to be fine — more proof, I thought, that the strange sound coming from my engine was so expensively undiagnosable there wasn't even an indicator for it on the dashboard.

The closer I got to the bus, the louder the sound grew.

Then it dawned on me.

The sound was coming from the bus, not my car. The sound wasn't mine. Somehow, I had adopted it, took it in, gave it shelter. But it wasn't mine. It didn't belong to me at all.

D'oh!

That grinding sound I hear in my head? The worries about money? The distractions that steal my focus and make me think there's something wrong?

All made up. Not mine. Time to let them go! Time to pass the bus! Time to enjoy how smooth the ride home really is.

Illustration by Sara Shaffer.

21 Comments

Alan makes this comment

Pass the Bus!

Thursday, 19 January 2012

When you said,"It didn't belong to me at all.", it hit me! I immediately focused inside and let go. What a beautiful reminder. Thank you very much!
ashish makes this comment

Excellent

Saturday, 25 June 2011

Excellent expression. So much to learn.
Daniel makes this comment

¡Adelanta al autobús!

Monday, 30 May 2011

THAT WAS JUST PERFECT, THANK YOU.
Daniel makes this comment

¡Adelanta al autobús!

Monday, 30 May 2011

Gracias........por tan distinguida OBSERVACION...Gracias ........ thanks for comment ... Thanks so distinguished
maria José Medina makes this comment

¡Adelanta al autobús!

Monday, 30 May 2011

Que bueno recordar que tanto ruido que afecta mi paz no me pertenece. Muchas gracias.
Manuela makes this comment

¡Adelanta al autobús!

Sunday, 29 May 2011

Estoy continuamente detras del autobus¡¡¡bueno ocasi siempre...Me da pena porque mi vida esta en juego Quiero estar a mil kilometros de este autobus que me impide ver el camino...
Sandra makes this comment

¡Adelanta al autobús!

Saturday, 28 May 2011

En realidad nada es de uno!!
Inma makes this comment

¡Adelanta al autobús!

Saturday, 28 May 2011

Gracias!: Ese ejemplo muy apropiado,para tener en cuenta. Inma
Beau Braun makes this comment

Pass the Bus!

Monday, 23 May 2011

Drove the same road myself, behind the same bus too, and heard that sound.Wasn't tailgating either, its just the way sound travels: see Einsteins theory of reverberation. thanks for the story
luis costa makes this comment

Pass the Bus!

Sunday, 22 May 2011

Beautiful