to me, there is something oddly comforting about routine. i'm not sure if this is innately built in, being born a capricorn, or if i learned this from my parents, specifically my dad. it's probably a combination of both. no matter what the reason, i'm most at ease when i'm in a rhythm.
mornings are the most rhythmic part of my day. every weekday, at exactly 5:50 a.m., i hear the sound of my neighbor starting up his truck in the driveway to leave for work. i could set my watch to that sound, 5 days a week, always on time. sometimes in the winter he warms up his car for a few minutes, but still leaves at 5:50 on the dot. these days i stir to the sound of his waking engine more often than to my obnoxious alarm.
once, when i overslept through said obnoxious alarm (and equally, if not more, obnoxious back-up alarm), it wasn't until i was reversing out of my driveway in my frenzied, disheveled state that i realized what had happened. his truck, bright yellow and white, was parked in its usual spot on his driveway. what had happened? was he sick? did he actually take off a day? today was a work day, wasn't it?
sometimes i wonder if he knows i rely on the hum of his truck in the mornings. sometimes i wonder who he depends on, or what he may notice about my habits. in any event, i like to believe that we're all connected somehow, like one big turning wheel, counting on our neighbors to get us to where we're supposed to be.
love it! i would have loved to hear even more of your thoughts about this, like, have you ever spoken to him? it reminds me of the 7 degrees of separation idea or whatever it's called.
ReplyDeletei have spoken to him, but we don't talk alot. yeah, i was going for the '6 degrees of separation' idea, like those "small world" moments we have.. and even though you could virtually be strangers with someone, somehow you're still connected. so that's why we should always be caring and respectful towards one another. :)
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