I recently bought a little sports car for all the materialistic, mid-life crisis reasons guys my age buy little sports cars. I used the typical rationalizations to justify my purchase. It gets better gas mileage; it has less impact on the environment, etc.
I knew it would be fun to drive, but what I have discovered that it is very much a “now” experience. When I’m driving this car, shifting through 6 gears, I am in the moment, and I stay in the moment. It does not seem to matter if I am on the interstate, a back road, or a city street. I look forward to driving to work each morning.
An old Buddhist saying is, “When you are chopping wood, chop wood.” When I am driving this car, I am driving this car. All of which made me wonder, “Would Buddha drive a Porsche?”
