on the way to teach a yoga class yesterday i sat in my car, patiently at a light, and made a phone call to my sister. i used my ear buds, but lifted the phone up to find her number. a stranger began yelling at me from her post on the sidewalk. she was very upset that i was talking on my phone, hands free, while sitting at a traffic light. it occurred to me as she began to cross the intersection, while flipping me off, yelling and pointing at me, that she knew nothing about me, or what the circumstances/constraints were that encouraged me to be on the phone. at the same time, i knew nothing about her, or what the circumstances/constraints were that encouraged her to yell at me about being on the phone.
as i attempted to practice ahimsa (nonviolence), i was still confused as to was this really happening? was this a really good example of the quote above? did this woman create a story about me, and then began by casting judgements? it was amazing to see how different our realities were in that 45 seconds before her feet hit the sidewalk and the light turned green. i took in a deep breath as her screams faded out into the daylight.
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