What's on your mind?

[JayRay]

I had an amazingly insane day today!
It was actually pretty fun 

First, I went to get my picture ID, and found out I didn't have all of the requirements with me, and the governor more than doubled the money it takes to get the ID, so I had to be driven all the way back home empty-handed.
Okay, right?

Well, on the way home, the car broke down, so we had to wait for a tow truck for 3.5 hours! I got sunburn from that waiting. 


Then, after we got towed, I had to walk 2 miles back home because there was no transportation to take me back!
So I walked and walked... and I took another shower when I got home, because 3.5 hours in the sun doesn't make you smell very nice 

Afterwards, I found out I had to go check the mail as soon as I got home.
No problem, right?

WELLLLL, I had to walk down to the store right after that. It's a mile away, one way. So I walked down to the store, got some food stuff, and some necessities for the house... and my cash card got declined! So I had to go all the way back home and get the last of my saved cash, and walk all the way back there again!
Nothing could go wrong with that, right?

WELL THIS ISN'T A FAIRY TALE, BUB!

You see, when I got back, they had JUST closed the store (Literally 20 seconds before I got there), and I had to wait 5 minutes more for them to open the place back up so I could get the household necessities... And then I had to walk all the way back home again. 

I don't regret a single moment of my day, though. Patience has been something I've been working on, and today proved that I got it 

I don't think I could've spent my day any more productive anyway 

Here's my take on that, I call it the "angels blocking my enemy " = sometimes it helps to think about the issue because let me tell you a personal testimony, this happened to me...

We were trying to get new tag stickers for the car, and I got off work just right on time, thought "Great, I'll get there, got my money, got everything for those tags, going to go right to the tag agency and... "

sat at the stop light for an extra 5 minutes, a funeral group was going by.. Then, of course the road I wanted to use to get to the freeway, has a railroad crossing on it, so waited another 10 minutes, no problem right? well, everyone ELSE who wanted to go from point A to point B decided they wanted to get off work at the same time i did, so traffic jam to the on-ramp of the freeway, so had to wait for that, then getting ON the freeway, sailing good for about 3 exits, and BAM, another traffic jam.... I knew I was going to be late, but I figured maybe if I slid across antoher street instead, I could make it, took the exit ramp, and well...

Had to stop and wait on the side of the road, not able to get to the tag agency, waiting for the police cars, ambulances, and eventually a fire truck, who was rushing to the scene of a bad accident, RIGHT outside the tag agency I was scheduled to be in 20 minutes earlier.

Now, if someone hadn't "Guarded against the ENEMY" he would have got me there right as that wreck was happening, possibly with me being the star attraction, but as it happened, I instead got to go home, and come back the next day.

Your car breaking down could easily have been a 'stopped car to avoid accident' issue. Walking home could have kept you from being in a car with someone who could have caused harm to you, and you never know, if you had stayed at the store right then, you could have been robbed, or lost your cash card at the register.