racing around

i spend a lot of my life racing from one thing to the next. this week i have something on every night. that is a usual week for me. anyway, this morning i was driving to work and i have two routes that i usually take. the first way, and the second way which is becoming my new favourite way. the second was is burwood highway and if i leave for work earlier and get a green light run, it would be the quickest way to go. i did that this morning as thought i was going to get a new record - currently it's 11 minutes. i was two turns away from the new record - maybe 9 minutes, when this big yellow signed jumped out at me DETOUR. i was so mad. the chance of the record was gone. i all of a sudden became 9 turns away from school. but then i was driving down these streets i had never driven down before and i suddenly thought. how much do we miss out on because we do the same thing the same way all the time. just by doing one thing a little differently, would we have a new, different experience without much effort. now don't get me wrong i am not going to continue to drive the extra 7 turns to get to school, i do want to get a new record one day soon, but i am thankful for the experience and what it made me think.