"The Mind Often Wanders, Sometimes into Traffic," is meant to entertain as well as elicit questions. It may contain relevant information for you, as I offer answers that may resolve inner conflicts relating to social conundrums witnessed around us daily. As the world shrinks around us due to mass media, journalism often morphs into sensationalism explaining man’s inhumanity to man in a violent world. I find conscious thought to be fleeting and often dreams solve more problems than they create, in retrospect. Some in society, it seems, may be trying to destroy the only oxygen-rich planet with an atmosphere in our known galaxy, and the common man or woman has little to say about the direction the world’s arrogant politicians are taking us. As some of the one percent still control the world’s finances and try to force us to pay for our lives with a day-by-day "in debt" scenario. I believe there’s so much more potential to each of us hidden and unused until we understand the desires, needs, ideals, and laughter that is more important than a simple dollar figure or the change in our pockets we’re being left with as the work day ends. I truly believe that reading these pages may help you think about your own contributions at making the world a better place to live and laugh in. Enjoy the book.