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“Congruence is when the two selves fit harmoniously, when a person’s idealized self is congruent with their actual behavior.”
- Grayson Perry (1960 — ), “The Descent of Man”
It all started with a loose interior headliner. You know, that part of the car that, upon looking up at the dome light in the rough center of many vehicles, you see. It covers the perhaps unsightly parts that lie beneath, much as the integument covers the innards of the human body.
My commuter car is 18 years old.
It’s served me well.
One of the things I’ve learned over time is to recognize something good when I have it, to appreciate it and not discard it lightly.
This is a time when some used cars sell for more than new ones, which is admittedly an anomaly, but it’s an additional motivation not to car shop.
I’ve rarely had a car that old, so it’s perhaps not unexpected. Maybe it’s the combination of the age of the car plus some hot places the outfit for which I work has been sending me. The Southern CA desert is the hottest of all, but there have been others.
I’ve been fortunate to be able to be indoors most of the time — at work, in my hotel or in my car. So I’ve been somewhat protected.
