Apostolos Kritikos

Recently I had to visit family. The house is located about half an hour (by car) from where I live. Given that Thessaloniki (my hometown) is kind of small I usually walk. When there is rush, or the distance is very long, or the weather sucks, I take the bus. I enjoy moving around by bus for several reasons. Being not the one driving, I enjoy the advantage to read, write, text somebody, think, ponder, dream or do nothing at all. Also, in the bus I can either be sit, or stand which gives me a sense of multiplicity of choices. Or freedom if you prefer.

Anyways, the whole visiting family thing was an emergency thus I had to take a cab. To be honest when I entered the cab I was skeptical and not really in a talking mood. So I sit, informed the taxi driver of our destination and waited silent. Apparently, the driver was not, under any circumstances, sharing my psychological condition and… he started speaking. Non-stop!

At first I was irritated and I ignored him. But after a couple of minutes – he was not at all discouraged by my response to his short speech – I noticed a pretty good structure and logic to his reasoning. It seems that this guy had three basic principles by which he was leading his life:

Only short-term plans are allowed in life (you can’t be sure you’ll be alive to achieve long-term ones)

1. What we have, possess or know is not ours (we either been given, or learned)
2. If you don’t dare, you will never know for sure

Now I am sure that there are many cases (I can already think a couple) to which one or more of the above rules do not apply. But then again every rule has it’s exceptions.

I can say that the perception of this guy about the world, money, job really impressed me. Not only he was living his life according to the above rules but he could see every situation optimistically.Correct or not, this man knows how to live his life, carefree.