Today everyone on post had a lovely day off thanks to the electric company deciding to turn the power off from 4 this morning until 10 tonight Of course, in reality, not everyone got the day off because there were areas that needed to be guarded while the power was out. So tonight I had to go to work from 6-8 p.m. to pull one of these guard shifts.

On my way home, I drove past all the people who were returning home after escaping a day without power. My only thought was that I wanted to get home and finally relax. Well, that was my only thought until I sped past a string of about 6 cars, all who started flashing their high beams at me, the universal (it would seem) sign for cop ahead. I end up seeing the flashing lights about a mile up the road and as I pass take over flashing other people to warn them.

Seeing this got me to thinking. In this day and age of road rage, murders, war… all sorts of bad things, people still feel compelled to perform this little act of kindness for strangers. It’s like we all are constantly against each other but still do this. Really illustrates the phrase “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.” We may not like other drivers. We may call them assholes, honk our horns at each other, cut other drivers off; but as soon as there is a cop, suddenly we are getting each other’s back. Gives one hope that things aren’t as bad as CNN and Fox News would have us believe.