Perspective

While traveling yesterday, the following thoughts came to me:

• I"m driving a car that would have been considered a space ship by people 200 years ago.
• Its speed quickly covers a distance that would have taken them days.
• If there is an accident, extraordinary emergency care will be on the scene within a few minutes.
• I am listening to concert performances that equal or surpass the sound of many live performances.
• The highway system alone would be a cause of wonder in many parts of the world.
• I don't need to worry about police officers stopping me to collect bribes.
• The car's air conditioning system is far superior to the "swamp cooler" that cooled the house I grew up in.
• I can see jets flying to places around the nation and the world. That in itself is a miracle.
• There is a phone in my pocket and it provides access to a library of books.
• When I get to the parking lot, I will call a person in another city for a minimal amount of money and later on email a document so he'll have it within seconds.

Try imagining that in 1815.