[ WP ] A true personal story that makes the reader feel sonder ( the realization that each random passerby ( here , the writer ) is living a life as vivid and complex as your own ( here , the reader ) ) .

You might find this weird, but one of my favourite places to be is a motorway bridge crossing. I like just standing on the bridge and watching the cars rush underneath me, 3 lanes by 3 lanes going off in both directions. Each car driven by someone with their own life, entirely separate from mine, who will never be aware of my existence, and as soon as they've crossed the horizon will live out the rest of their life unaware that I was there. I wonder why they were on that motorway. Do they normally take this route, or is this a trip outside of routine? Maybe they're coming home from their job, maybe they were visiting family, maybe they just felt like driving for the heck of it. 
 
 You ever seen a plane up in the sky? How many people are on it do you think? About 200? Just think about that. 200 people all stuck in a stuffy cramped compartment. Why were they there? Must be big, people do n't get on planes for the heck of it. Family vacation? Work trip? Is this routine for them or is this a one time experience? 
 
 In truth I do n't know. I do n't know who was there, and I'll never know. And they'll never know I was watching them, that one moment they went under a bridge they immediately forgot; and they'll go off living their own life, and I'll go off living mine.
