I Only Have Two Eyes...And they Aren't On The Back Of My Head

Today started out like every other. I woke up (sort of anyhow), showered, drove to the train station and took a Toronto bound GO train. Forty minutes or so later the train came to a rest at Union Station. As usual, I let most of the car empty before I disembarked and started my short hike to the office.

Just for those who might not know the layout I will try to quickly explain. I exit track level on the west end where there are stairs heading down to street level. The stairs are joined with the stairs from other tracks and become three sets that open on to a very large walkway leading to two rows of doors and the outside world. These doors consists of three sets each, a single door situated on the either end with a set of double doors in the middle all exiting to the same street.

I used the middle set of stairs and once I hit the walkway I headed straight for the double doors in the middle (by using the middle stairs, one would logically assume they should also use the middle doors right?). I continued towards the exit and just before I stepped through the first doorway, I saw a figure emerge from my right and bully his way through the door in front of me. Well, since I don’t have eyes in the back of my head, his body managed to make it through but unfortunately, being so early in the morning, my brain didn’t process this fast enough and his backpack went through the door at the same time I did slowing the man down. End result, I walked on his shoes and possibly even up his leg a bit. He got through the next set of doors with me on his heels (literally) and decided it would be a good idea to stop. Of course he was in too big of a rush to stop before the first set of doors and prevent a scene like this from occurring but he all of a sudden found time to stop now. Anyhow, I kept walking, pushing the man out of my way and continuing on my way. Unfortunately the man was heading the same way I was and he said something to me that I couldn’t hear since I had my ipod blasting in my ears. I yelled something back to him (again with headphones on the voice seems to amplify a touch) hoping to end the “discussion” but he continued to waste my oxygen by trying to talk to me.

"'When you leave these walls, you will come upon the many pillars of violence.' - Kan
'May not a man one with nature seeing such pillars avoid them?' - Caine
'Other men stumble in the way. They go in idlest search of peace.' - Kan
'Must I then tumble down these pillars?' - Caine
'Seek always peace. Wear no path for the footsteps of others unless the soul is endangered. We are all linked by our souls. To endanger one endangers all.' – Master Kan

Foreseeing only bad things happening from there and having the above words of Master Kan (Kung Fu) drowning out my music, I turned and walked the other way avoiding any ugliness.