Sucks to be him--Feb. 6, 2006 repost

You know how you go along having one of those days where everything that was right in your life yesterday seems to be wrong today? Or maybe it's just a day when you really dislike the human filler in the world? Today was one of those days. Can't quite put my finger on what was wrong, but I really don't need to pinpoint a reason to be mad at the world. Sometimes it's just fun! Sometimes I like walking down the middle of a busy sidewalk and making everyone else get out of my way. Or responding in a slightly vulgar way when some guy tells me to "smile." But then the Universe has to step in and remind me that I'm not being a very good Buddhist. Just when I was reaching my peak of daily annoyances, I saw this guy struggling to hold a bag of stuff and ride his bike at the same time. (Sucks to be him... at least I have a car.) Then he dropped the bag, I'm sure I heard something break (sucks to be him, I wonder if that was expensive). Then I noticed the reason he had so much trouble holding the bag. He had a broken wrist (really sucks to be him). I could see the cast sticking out of his ugly gold jacket. And that's when I noticed the clincher...strapped to his bike was a pair of bongos.