Ok, I am sitting in my office on a cool and cloudy day trying to find the motivation to work when there is no one else in the office. Suddenly there is a honking of horns from the street corner below and I quickly get distracted by the flow of traffic. Yes, there is an intersection just outside where two one way streets meet with a stop light to direct the flow of traffic. From my high perch I can see that the light is stuck on green……although I know what is happening the cars from both sides are confused and randomly getting mad at the cars from the other direction. They both cannot understand the actions of the other because they lack the big picture. The cars with the green light cannot figure out why they are getting cut off when they have the right of way. While the cars with the red light are trying to figure out how to get through the light.
After several minutes of watching I noticed that just as the people in the cars understood what was happening with the stuck traffic light, they went through the intersection and then the next set of drivers approached the light without the knowledge that the light was stuck. While this confusion and near miss accidents could have been avoided if each driver had been able to see the big picture.
This made me stop and think that so much of the problems that we face in life could be easily overlooked if only we could see life with a Birds Eye View!
