Sunday, September 18, 2011

Vintage Storage

Here's a look at the backside of a auto repair shop on St. John Street. It's a look you don't get to see from the front entrance. You'd be hard pressed to figure out that such a mundane appearance to the front would reveal such valuable commodities in the rear. Want to get embarrassed fast? Make a snap judgement without all the facts. We do it often. We fall into that easy trap and forget another adage that we were all exposed to growing up. 'Things are not always as they appear.' As we travel down that road of life, often the simple, prosaic aspects offer some of the most value. Don't scoff at first sight, on further reflection you might have witnessed something quite consequential.

15 comments:

  1. Good advice! You're very philosophical today.

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  2. I'd like to go for a ride in that red convertible!

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  3. This story is almost like how one uses their imagination to identify a virtual person with the voice on the telephone. Then one day you meet that person and holy moses—what a difference.

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  4. Ah, yes, birdman, so true. I think I explore that very notion in every book I write.

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  5. Like Kathy I would want to cruise around in that red convertible.

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  6. 'Never judge a book by it's cover' great post Birdman, we should definitely rethink the way we think (??) you know what I mean, on a regular basis!!

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  7. Guilty as charged. How did you know?

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  8. I'm guilty too but I try not to be. Mostly I want the red car.

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  9. Or, as someone said, you can't tell a book by its cover. Buddha taught that all is illusion, anyway. I think it's another way of saying the same thing.

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  10. Birdman -- from personal experience I agree completely! -- barbara

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