Staying the Course

Yesterday I had a meltdown (a meltdown no 31 year old should have, especially when operating a motor vehicle). But yesterday’s meltdown equals today’s profound wisdom, so I thought I’d share.

My route to and from work involves a usually busy street, but yesterday, the drive home was much slower than normal. Both left and right lanes were backed up so I decided to stay in the right lane in case I wanted to turn on to another street. I remembered that one of those streets was a dead end so I kept deciding not to turn each time I inched passed one only to see that they were actually thru streets. Finally, I got close enough to what was causing traffic to creep along: a stalled car in the right lane. The part of my brain that lacks patience told me to make a right at the next opportunity, so I did. Sure enough, that was the one street that was a dead end. My week was already starting out pretty lame, and when I say lame, I really mean it's been full of suck. So this was enough to make me completely lose it in my car. I’m sure people thought I was crazy. I had to turn around and not only go face the awful traffic, but also pray that drivers would have pity on me let me in so I could get around the stalled car. Fortunately, two drivers did and I was back on track and heading home.

What does this have to do with the profound wisdom I want to share? Well, I’m sure, at one point or another; we have felt like the road we’re taking to get to where we want to be in life is taking too long. So what do we do? We take short cuts to avoid obstacles. Then what happens? Short cuts seem to only make it worse. Lately, I have been feeling like it’s taking too long to achieve the things in life I still want to achieve. But, if my drive home yesterday taught me anything, it was when I get off course, somehow, the good Lord gets me back on track. I was reminded that although I want what I want when I want it, life doesn’t always work that way. I’m not saying I should just sit back, do nothing and all my dreams will come true. But with a little patience and a lot of faith, I know the things I desire in life will come when the time is right. Until then, I’ll just turn the music up and rock out while I wait.

Are you taking short cuts or staying the course?