我不需要赶在谁的前面,也不必担心落后于谁。就这样坐在谁的身边,感觉恰恰好。
Perfectly civil people behind a wheel lose their ability to have compassion for others.[1] But oddly enough, when the barrier of the car is lifted, human beings prove they do love one another instinctively and compassionately.
Look no further than public transportation to see how this love and compassion are honored elsewhere on the road.
A woman boarding a bus, struggling to lift a baby carriage, is apt to[2] be quickly aided by another passenger.
Several times I’ve seen passengers give other passengers their bus passes when those without the fare were in dire straits.[3]
Bus riders, seeing people behind running for the bus as it pulls away, call out and ask the driver to wait, stop, or they’ll stand in the doorway and not move until a runner catches up.
Bus riders often put other people first, empathizing with the person running desperate to make it.[4]
The rest of us don’t mind the wait; we’ve all been that person running or the person standing in the doorway. We don’t heckle[5] or complain when the bus waits for a runner; we nod, relieved, silently cheering when the person bounds breathless up the bus steps.
Passengers queue up[6] at buses. We don’t push, yell, curse, or complain, even if – perhaps especially if – it is particularly cold, or wet, or miserable outside. We chat with one another, tell jokes, respect one another’s silence. We commiserate[7], compare notes, smile at one another’s children. Even when we annoy one another, we rise above our own irritation.[8]
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