Your Blinkers Are Showing!

Why do we seem to have answers to everyone else’s dilemmas, but when we look in the mirror, we are often at a loss?

Welcome to “Blinker Syndrome.”

Have you ever noticed that you can see faults in others, have answers to their problems, and honestly believe that you know exactly what they should be doing with their lives?

Sometimes, you can see all that even while your life is falling apart.

Ever wonder why? It is because you have fallen victim to what I call “Blinker Syndrome.”

Picture it: your hometown, sometime in the last few days. You were driving down the street when you realized that the car in front of you has its left blinker on. After passing several side streets, you realize that the driver is not going to be turning; he simply does not realize that his blinker is on.

You, however, are very aware that his blinker is on. As a matter of fact, you begin to focus on the blinker.

As you pass several more driveways and cross streets, the blinker begins to irritate you. It irritates you to the point of you feeling the need to say something.

Typically, what comes out is an arguably intelligent comment such as, “turn your stupid blinker off, you dork!”