Faith in Your Fellow Man

Today's world is one where we trust no one . . . or that is what we are led to believe.  The thought came to me the other day when I was driving on a very busy and congested interstate highway that this presumption is really not so.  The traffic was five lanes wide with several ramps leading off and on the main expressway.  Cars were changing lanes to the right and the left in order to be in their correct lanes for their destination.  There was no space between cars and traffic was flowing at 55 miles per hour if not more.  It suddenly dawned on me what a dangerous and volatile situation this could be.  One misstep by just one driver and disaster would prevail.  Yet no one made an error.  There was no accident.  There wasn't even a dramatic slamming on of brakes.  There was just very disciplined, stay in your lane driving.  And this is when the thought hit me!  We have great faith in our fellow man.  We trust our lives to individuals we do not even know every time we get behind the wheel.  Very few of these people have any real expertise or NASCAR training. They simply follow the Rules of the Road and defensive driving techniques.  If we didn't have faith in one another, could we even venture to turn our cars onto this highway of chance?  I think not.  It is because we believe that the others out there are as trust-worthy as ourselves that we are able to leave the house!  We do this totally on Faith!  I think this is a wondrous thing -- think about it the next time you drive the expressway!