It feels reckless and out of control, but it won't always...

We’re driving across a bridge. Its snowing wildly. A white out of snowflakes impedes all visibility.  We’re crossing a bridge and we can barely see our hands in front of our faces.  But the driver is telling us that we can make it! We need to just trust that the driver knows how to drive in extreme weather conditions.  Extreme weather conditions can freeze blocks of ice onto your windshield wipers. When the wipers stop working, that’s your cue, as the passenger, to put your head out the window and assist the driver.  You look down ahead of the car and make sure the car stays in the lane.  Hopefully there’s not too much snow covering the paint.  Even if you can’t see the line, you can see the car tracks ahead of you and you can help the driver stay on the road.  This usually happens at the height of darkness, new moon time, but it wouldn’t matter anyway because it’s a snowstorm and clouds are covering the sky. Dark and snowy, limited visibility on a bridge, freezing cold weather and dangerous driving conditions is how it feels right now in 2011.  Its hard sitting in the backseat without all my muscles shivering to: fight off the fear of crashing; shake off the cold air streaming through the car; keep me present in the moment.  Everything that begins, also ends. It always stops snowing, and driving conditions become less hazardous.  The moon shines.  We’re not always able to realize, though, that while our head’s are sticking out of the car in the snowy night helping the driver, we’re actually just being reckless. It is ok to pull over, to wait it out, to let it snow.  It is ok to not be in control of everything.  However, it is not ok to pull over on a bridge. Thus making 2011, equally reckless and out of control.