we're just on our way out of the mcdonald's parking lot. we pause there, checking our meal - because they don't always quite get it our way.
the guy behind us honks.
i cavalierly stick my arm out the window and give him the nonchalant finger.
he gets out of his car, and comes up to my window. i'm only slightly nervous. moreso i admire his bravery. it's not because in some spiritual sense we're supposed to engage conflict. it's because he is nervous too, what he is doing is standing for the karma of humanity, though he's not quite aware of that himself; he could not do that if he were not of it.
this old greying man tells/asks me something in his cathartic voice.  what right do i have to give him the finger? what about his right to leave the parking lot?
i tell him, "you should have patience. there's enough negativity in the world already. and yes, i fight negativity with negativity. and no that's not virtuous.  now get out of my face."
he tells me, "if anything i have learned something about engaging negativity.."
i tell him, "i hope so.  ..and that's not a snide remark."
he gives me this strange look.  it is a message about contradiction in absurdity.
in a symbolic gesture, i temporarily cover my eyes, with a wave downwards of my hand. he's walking away.

http://inhahesthoughts.blogspot.com/2010/08/life-isnt-about-platitudes.html