Racing is life because...

          Racing can teach you all you need to know about life. What you have to do is find the philosophy.

          A few modest examples follow:

          Life is like the Daytona 500: Sometimes you’re leading the pack. Sometimes you’re the last in line. Either way, the measure of your character is how you deal with time in the pits. And regardless of where you are on the scoring pylon, you’re still just running in circles.

          Life is like the tires Goodyear manufactures for Top Fuel and Funny Car drag racers: You start out short and chubby. Then you get going and you stand up tall and thin. After a while, you become square and stout. At the end, you’re short and fat again.

          Teaching school is like officiating a stock car race: Someone has to be the boss, everyone else has to follow the rules and someone is always complaining. Sooner or later, someone’s name goes up on the board.

          Government life is like a racing sanctioning body: Everyone is broke. Everybody complains. Every complainant has a simple answer, usually an answer that directly benefits themselves. And they all want you to bust the other guy, whom they KNOW is cheating.

 

          Thanks for racing…uh…reading.