The Moral Vision
Reading the Signs
~ 104 ~
The principles we are required to keep in mind
while driving are the same as those we should keep
in mind on our journey through life. If one wishes,
one can learn from the “highway code” the
principle that one should follow in the vaster arena
of life.
Always confine your activities to your own sphere;
if you infringe on the sphere of others, you are sure
to clash with them: your progress will come to an
abrupt halt. When certain signs appear on the
horizon of society, try to make out what these signs
imply. Do not just go by outward signs; try to reach
the meaning behind them. If one just goes by what
one sees and fails to see what lurks in the
background, one will not advance in one’s journey
through life. Others, more farseeing than oneself,
will forge ahead, while one falls victim to dangers
that could have been avoided, if one had read the
signs properly (116:4).
