Message #15395

[SpiritImage]

True, every movement, thought, vision, etc., is a reminder: if we remember that.

So I haven't felt the need to seek out saints or sacred places, although I cannot deny their effectiveness.

My reminder yesterday was, not a revelation but intriguing.

Short story I had to pick up a child at school and bring home, in the middle of my work day, was ready to go and car wouldn't start. I know cars well enough, must be the fuel pump or relay. (Don't ask how I know, suffice to say I was really into it in my early days), But I tried and tried, would not start.

So I made an attempt to take the bus, walked 15 minutes to the bus station, waited there for at least 50 minutes. Couldn't believe it was taking this long, the schedule showed there should have been 2 there by now. But I'm standing there with a lot of other people, and it's really interesting yet somehow sad. I don't have to take a bus, I'm not rich but I do OK, and I got to talking to some guy, asked if I could use his cell phone to call the school. (I don't own a cell, never will hopefully). Nice guy though. Hands me his phone and it's just battered broken, still works. He tells me he gets up @ 4 each morning to take the bus 2 hours to get to work by 6. I know where he works, can't be making much money. Lot of people around the bus stop, just feel sort of sad but not attached for some reason.

Anyway I end up walking back to work since the bus never came, couldn't wait any longer, and also I used his phone one last time I found someone had helped the child get home. Well I was running quite late at that point so they found a way home.

I get back to work, then had someone give me a ride home. Waited until about 9PM, and called AAA for a tow, drove my other car down there to meet him. I got there first, and I thought, well let's just try it, and that car started right up. Not common IME. So I decided to drive it home and pick up the other car tomorrow, and I'm sitting there waiting for the tow truck so I could let him know it was a false alarm, waiting, waiting, never shows. Just like the bus. I ended up finally leaving for home and canceled when I got home.

During all this, I get sort of attitudish. With people at the bus stop (not the guy who lent me his phone though), AAA, and just in general. It's weird, I'm not really irritated that this stuff happens, just impatient I guess and very curious.

After I got home I thought, I didn't handle any of that very well. And what insignificant all these things were, just think if something major were to happen. Oh well, I didn't do well in the battlefield yesterday, petty as it seems.