One steers a car as one would maneuver through a shopping mall- staying away from collisions but keeping the destination in mind. Not daydreaming at the wheel, but quietly focused, taking in what is happening around. The car is not for getting, but for going to what lies ahead. Like an easy book, it waits on the driver, and then, it’s off! It moves forward, followed by a cloud of gray. The road succumbs, making way for the hovering machine. Still, after taking to the road so many times, I still wonder at this phenomenon- secret coils and chambers of energy creating motion. Beyond this, I am amazed at the idea that this design is under my power, that my shifting hands and pressing foot control it, that we together make a forward-moving force.
A resolve seeps into my mind and stretches to my two hands and my foot. It is the focus of a goal that has doubled over nervous energy. This is what leads me to turn the key and shift into drive.
A bit short, but interesting
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