Remembering the human

This morning I had a doctor’s appointment and rode in. While pulling into the parking lot I was waiting behind a pickup who was in turn waiting for another car to pull out so he could take that parking spot.The pickup in front of me started to backup into me and I had to honk/rev and backup as quickly as I could to avoid being run over. The guy clearly didn’t see me or maybe didn’t look when he backed up and of course it pissed me off. After he parked I did another rev to express my anger. When walking into the office, I gave him the “wtf” gesture while he was sitting in his truck.But then when I was sitting in the waiting room the guy comes up wearing a Harley jacket and starts apologizing, saying he rides a fat bob and didn’t see me and felt so terrible. We shake on it, I say it’s no worries and we chat while we wait. He opens up a bit about some of his medical stuff and is getting a bit emotional, talking about how he was stressed about his condition and was ruminating on it this morning, how he has to come in for treatments and needs a liver transplant.I really felt for the guy and all my previous anger just disappeared. It’s easy for me to just get angry at someone when they make a choice that puts me in danger on my bike, but it’s way harder for me to take a moment and give them the benefit of the doubt. Maybe they’re having a stressful day, maybe they had some bad news, who knows what someone else is dealing with.I just wanted to share a thought I had with others who may have had a similar experience. Ride safe, everyone. Take care of each other. via /r/motorcycles https://www.reddit.com/r/motorcycles/comments/aryls0/remembering_the_human/?utm_source=ifttt