10/31/21 RMB Two Accidents
Dear Rita Mae Brown,
While driving home last night I
found myself in a lane blocked by police cars surrounding sideways vehicles. The
accident so recently happened that the police had not yet started directing
traffic. Drivers edged passed the incident, finding clear paths wherever we
could, allowing for a bubble around the wreckage for those involved to reset
their lives; for the police to help as best they could.
On another street, eight miles away,
I found myself approaching more flashing lights, another accident. This one had
flares surrounding the cops and the broken cars. One officer waived us into a
side street.
Neither had an ambulance. Hopefully
there were no serious injuries. Needless to say, I drove even more carefully than
normal the rest of the way home.
Life takes us down paths. Sometimes
there are hard stops and resets, as with those in the accidents. Sometimes there
are detours. Often there are bumps that leave bruises.
We have choices and every choice
comes with some sort of obstacle. The paths we take may be difficult, but here’s
the rub. The chirping bird, the dazzling sunset, that special song, every path
has them and so much more.
The joy we carry within has a
matching vibration in something right before us. Let it connect and suddenly a touch,
a sound, a thought, a site, becomes delightful, eternally linked to our souls.
Face each day as a quest for the uplifting
magical essence in life and it will be found. Face each obstacle knowing that
what is in you is grander than whatever it is.
These are the lessons I’m reminded
of as I follow my path, detours, obstacles and all.
Onward we go,
Loraine
