Look both ways

This morning I did a speed work set on my bike with a group of folks.  As I rode my bike home through my residential neighborhood, I noticed a driver approach an intersection, begin to roll through it, glance to his right and then pull out.  He stopped his car 6 inches shy of hitting my bike (with my feet clipped into the pedals).  This brush with an individual who had forgotten the basic rules of driving (10 and 2, look both ways, don’t hit people), reminded me that sometimes we forget to “look both ways” before plenty of things.

1. “Look both ways” before you speak.  Proverbs says even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent.  The flip side – even a wise man is thought a fool if he forgets to look both ways before he speaks.

2. “Look both ways” before you act.  How many heart aches could have been avoided this way?

3. “Look both ways” before you hit people while driving your car.

What do you think?  To what else should we apply this idea of “look both ways?”