A few
days ago, I steamed a fish. When it was cooked I used a pair of tongs
to take it up from the steamer. Then my attention slipped for a
second and the tongs loosened a little and some sauce and ingredients
spilled onto the table. It took some effort to clean up the mess. I
tell myself to concentrate on what I am doing in my future tasks.
Several
years ago I was hurrying home from the car-park. The ground was wet as
it had rained. There was some bird shit on the ground. I didn't
notice it. I slipped on it and fell. Fortunately nothing serious
happened to me. After that accident I am very careful walking on wet
surfaces.
So you
see, people learn through bad experiences.
We read
about the accident along the PIE involving many vehicles. I think it
was that the drivers were following the vehicles in front of them too
closely. Even if they were attentive, the distance was too short for
them to stop without hitting the vehicle in front.
There
are a lot of things you have to do and a lot of inconvenience if you
are involved in an accident. I'm sure these drivers will learn from
the bad experience.
However,
there are things we cannot afford to learn through bad experiences.
Racial riots for example.
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