Dealing With an Ass 101 – by Sharm

Sharm

I wanted to tell you what happened to me a few hours ago - and how I responded b/c you guys would be so proud of me!!! - (remaining nicer and more peaceful than the world around me).

I was driving in Westwood doing errands for the psychiatrist I work for. An old guy in a blue Porsche got upset w/me b/c he wanted to move into my lane. Anyway - he zoomed around me and moved in front of me and slammed on his brakes super quickly. Then he backed up so that he was maybe an inch from hitting the front of my car.

People in cars going the other way asked if he’d hit me and told me he was an asshole, etc). He proceeded to sit there for a good 10 minutes or more- intentionally creating a traffic jam behind us.

You know what I started doing?  I started laughing!!!  Not so much at him - but more at the situation. And, also at him - I mean, how ridiculous!! I said, Dude, you are crazy. If you want to hit my car b/c your car is TONS more expensive than mine – go ahead because you are the one who’s gonna be SOL (especially since parts are hard to get for Porsches-  I know - my bro had one!)…

(I’ve already been thru one car accident this year when someone hit my hood - I know exactly what to expect and how to handle it!)

And I thought to myself - okay if you are going to be a shit - I can wait here all day - I had great control of my car - I was in the Zen place of knowing exactly what to do (rather than panic).  And in the Zen place of saying - you know what - if it makes you feel better to jam up traffic and almost get your car in an accident where there are tons of witnesses… then so be it.  Doesn’t have to do with me!  I cannot control what the universe puts before me - I can only control my reaction to it!!!

I felt bad for the people behind me stuck…and I tried to get them to get in the other lane and pass us.  And I was talking to the people driving in opposite traffic.  And I just shrugged my shoulders. Please - how terrible life (ha -being sarcastic) must be for an old guy from Florida (Florida plates) who could afford to have a bright blue turbo Porsche and afford the insurance to drive it around like a maniac in LA!  And how - yeah, he’s a shit head… but that doesn’t affect me if I don’t want it to!  Obviously an unenlightened soul who is unhappy in his life - even though he has (obviously) plenty of the things that society uses to define success - he’s actually not as good as me!!  (Maybe not a nice thing to think - but I was thinking that in terms in a whole “evolved” sense…)

He was being so disruptive and creating a terrible traffic jam that I ended up calling 911 - then he got scared when he realized what I was doing and drove away (took a turn to hide - what a coward!)

I was super controlled (I really wanted to hit his car REALLY!! but I didn’t - I didn’t even give him the finger!!!) and I followed my gut and my instincts to a “T”!

Anyway - I thought of both of you b/c without your guidance - I probably would have smashed into his car on purpose. It would have felt good in the moment - but I would have had to deal with the repercussions for a long time…

So thanks you two!!! Much love…Sharm