Car

Ram Dass once said, “If you think you’re enlightened, go spend a week with your family.”

I’ve always loved that line. It captures how easily our sense of calm dissolves when we’re around the people who installed all our emotional buttons.

But for me, I actually dig my family, warts and all. It’s behind the wheel of a car where my spiritual training is really tested.

If you think you’re enlightened, go drive anywhere near a Chick-fil-A at lunchtime.

The car, for me, is the great equalizer of ego. It’s where all my spiritual progress goes to die.

I can meditate every morning, read scripture, breathe deeply and remind myself that life is fleeting and precious, but put me behind someone scrolling at a green light, and suddenly I’m auditioning for a reboot of Falling Down .

It’s humbl