April 4, 2007

[Rev. Doc]

Playing It Safe

"Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge."
Psalm 16:1

Tapping their feet nervously, three men stood in line, each awaiting an interview for a highly paid job during a time of severe economic recession.

Finally, seated before the interviewer, the first man was posed this question. “You are being interviewed for the position of truck driver on the most dangerous road in the world, the 43-mile-long Unduavi-Yolosa Highway in Bolivia. On one side, the road clings to the cliffs of the Andes Mountains; on the other side there is a precipice with a 1600 foot plunge to the ravine below. There are no guard rails at all; only crosses placed by grieving relatives of the thousands who have plunged to their deaths since the highway was built 60 years ago. Would your normal driving habits permit you to drive at the edge of the road next to the precipice, or in the middle of the road, or snugly against the mountain?â€

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