The other day, my friend, Lauren, and I made a quick trip to Wal-Mart to grab some alfredo sauce. In the mean time, we decided that we were going to go to Sonic before happy hour ended. It was about 3:55 (happy hour is from 2-4) and there was a line of cars, out in the street taking up the entire turning lane. Lauren and I were in this mess and when we looked back behind us, about a minute later, there were cars from three different intersecting points, blinkers on, trying to get into this Sonic fast track. Then, when we finally did get on the Sonic premises, cars would not even take the parking stalls, they proceeded to all make one big line through the drive-thru in which no one else could pass by to even get to empty slots. Whoa, whoa, whoa! This really is the world in which we often live -- procrastination, waiting until the last second, throwing things together, committing to too many things, thinking 5 more minutes will be our saving grace.
You know, if you go to Sonic at 3:00 there won't be a line. There won't be crazies trying to come at you from at least three different directions. You can take some time to breathe and actually enjoy that Raspberry Limeade a bit.
After that trip to Sonic, I decided, I don't want to be the rushing 3:55 in a 4:00 o'clock world, hoping I will make the cut.
