:: [Guest post by Bob Henry] ::
A couple of weeks ago, as I was driving to pick up my kids from school, I came across an unusual scene.
Well, not that unusual - most of us have done it at one time or another. Somewhat lost in my thoughts, enjoying the tunes playing on the radio, I caught something out of the corner of my eye. There, about four lanes of traffic away, and waiting on the adjacent light to turn green, was a man in a car. That may not seem that interesting, but what caught my attention was the gallon of milk on his roof. My instinct was to laugh and say, “What an idiot.” Then I noticed something happening.
People in cars on all four sides of the intersection were trying to get this guy’s attention. Motioning with their hands, rolling down windows and yelling – you name it, they were doing it. I still just chuckled to myself. Then I realized I was in the man’s view and may be able to get his attention. I began motioning by pointing at my roof. He saw me and began looking. I pointed up and he looked up. He wasn’t getting it. Finally, at the last minute, the man in the car behind him, jumped out of his car, grabbed the gallon of milk and handed it through the window to the unaware man.
Oh, we all felt good. People drove through that light with smiles on their faces, as if we had solved a major crisis. The rest of the drive to pick up my kids had me thinking about what I just experienced.
How many of us have “milk cartons” on the roofs of our lives?
