Trust and Obey
In 800 yards, turn right. At the end of the road, turn left on to garbled street. Go 300 feet and turn around. A GPS is a wonderful thing and it is persistent. It never relents. It never listens to our rationale that we think this is a better route. This weekend, we were on a quest to find a cul-de-sac on the outskirts of the small town of Thomasville NC. We missed the GPS instructions to take the exit. Without missing a beat, the GPS rerouted. At first it tried to get us to turn around, then it planned another route. Sometimes when following a GPS you see a “sign” – the sign seems to contradict the GPS. Such was the case on Saturday. We saw the sign for Thomasville – we looked at each other. I said, “It’s your choice, you are the one who is driving.” He followed the sign. The GPS persisted. We kept going ignoring what the GPS was telling us. Soon we realized that we were far off course. We had not listened to the G...