Humility is, well, humbling. Everyone has such a high self-opinion and that's generally ok. There's nothing wrong with having a high self-opinion if you're honest with it. If you actually hold yourself to a standard, then living up to that standard could be considered a good thing.

So, this week's life lesson...

Early morning, just beginning the commute. Stopped at a red light, which promptly changes. Traffic starts to move, except the next car up. They sit. They sit more, but with a slight idling roll-back. The only reasonable thing to do is move to the next lane and zip by the sitting car, all the while giving them a shrug of the shoulders and the look that clearly says, "Ugh". It was all going according to plan until the police lights in the intersection became visible. Oh yeah, then the paramedic screaming through the intersection. Brakes were applied immediately, just in time to be next to the object of scorn just a few seconds earlier. Once the paramedic had passed, the driver of the other car gave that exact same "Ugh" look, but instead of the confused shrug of disbelief, they give a highly mocking hand clap with nothing but smugness written all over it.

And it was totally deserved. The rest of the drive to work was a little different than usual. People were allowed to pass. Speed was not the primary concern. Teeth were not gnashed. But for that day at least, a lesson was learned.

Being wrong is such a pain.