The Hijacked Driver

Metaphorical Narrative

You’re stuck behind a garbage truck on a one-way street.
It rumbles slowly, pausing to eat bins like a holy cleaner on its ordained route.
There’s no space to overtake, nowhere else to go.

Or picture the car creeping in front of you with no chance to pass.
The hands on your steering wheel are steady, but inside you’ve already left the driver’s seat.
Frustration has grabbed the wheel, and now it’s running the show.

This is the quiet betrayal: you’re in the driver’s seat physically, but you’ve abandoned it mentally.

Core Insight

Frustration is not about the truck, the car, or the delay.
It’s about surrendering your authority to emotion.
You stop driving reality and start being driven by agitation.

When you accept the fact — “Yes, I’m behind a truck, and that’s the road today” — you stay in your seat.
The poison evaporates. The plot is reclaimed.

Saturday Experiment

• Next time frustration rises, pause and check the seat:
  Am I still the driver, or have I handed the wheel to emotion?
• Say the fact out loud: “This is the speed.”
• Practice holding your ground in calm authority, even when the outside world moves slower than you want.

Sunday Reflection

• When did you last hand the wheel to frustration?
• What was lost in that moment — your peace, your authority, your clarity?
• How does life change when you decide never to leave the driver’s seat again, no matter what’s in front of you?