Zebra Crossing

This is a familiar item.  In the US it's a crosswalk, in the UK, a Zebra Crossing (for the stripes).  Of course, here it's funny because it's not even a suggestion of where to cross - nobody knows what it's for.  You cross wherever, just like cars and trucks drive wherever.

W mentioned yesterday that he was thinking of when we'd be back driving in the States, about how we'd be on the, "Right side, I mean, correct side of the road."  which occasioned gentle remonstrance.    While there are things that happen elsewhere that are genuinely wrong, most things that we think are, "Wrong, Unnatural, and Bad." are really just, "Different."  It honestly doesn't matter which side of of the road you drive on, and there really are good reasons why even the left side is just a suggestion.

Many times, if you catch yourself thinking, "That's Wrong, Unnatural and Bad." do a quick double take and you may find it's just "different".  Newlyweds often encounter this!  Two people, from different 'cultures' (families) always have different ways of doing things:

"Don't load the dishwasher that way!"

"Why?"

"It's the wrong way!  They fit more naturally this way."

"But that's not the right way to do it!"

"Yes it is!"

It is very important, of course, to recognize that not everything falls into the 'different' category.  Some things genuinely are wrong.  But you'd surprised how much what we take for granted as, "The right way...." is just "Our way".