lets put things into perspective

This morning while travelling over to sparwood i came across a hitchhiker. This is nothing unusual for me as i normally offer them a ride and help them out if i can. What surprises me most times about these individuals is how carefree they are towards life. When you engage them in conversation you find out they may have taken two weeks to get across the country getting various rides some shorter than others. This fella was no different started in Blairmore this morning after arriving from Medicine Hat last night. Took him two rides just to get to outside of Coleman where i picked him up. Started out at 7:30am i picked him up at 9am. He went on to explain he was on his way to Mission Vancouver. No timeline, when he gets there he joins the homeless and collects bottles to get by. Not worried about pensions or a roof over his head or even when he gets there. He goes on to say that everyone is too scheduled, have to be here and there, have to do their job right or get scolded by their supervisor. He had been in the workforce  for years but it just beat him up and he had enough. He gets by  not worried about where he sleeps at night . Tells me he takes life one hour at a time not a day at a time as is the conventional thinking. I said to him you got a good point there i said i travel this route every morning on the way to work through some very dangerous road and weather conditions and my life could change instantly, but i am expected to be there. So yes taking your approach to life one hour at a time is sometimes the best decision you can make. I dropped him off in Sparwood went to the meeting where we argued about pensions and wages and working conditions. This guy got out of my truck smiling at the world and thanked me. I got out stressed about the strike, my coworkers, our fight for a retirement plan, timelines and working conditions and so on