Yesterday I was driving down Deerfoot in the slush and the muck with my finger on the windshield washer button, thinking about when they would come out with a ‘Couch Potatoe’ game for the Wii – where you’d get points for sitting still as possible and slouching and eating potatoe chips and stuff – when I reached down to adjust my scarf and it hit me!!
No, not the meaning of life. The little metal thing on the end of the string from my hood!
The string was elastic and apparently I had gotten it caught between my two fingers as I adjusted my scarf, so when I put my hand down, the thing snapped back and hit me in the eyeball! So now I’m blind in one eye (which does nothing for depth perception by the way) and driving down deerfoot trail with a mud covered windshield. And I just thought, Wow, we should celebrate everything, after all - it’s a wonder we survive everyday. With the gang shootings, car accidents, plane crashes, and little metal things on our coats…life is dangerous. So to myself I’ve made the commitment to pat myself on the back every time I clear a hazard in life – every time I pass by a table and don’t stub my toe, every time I do up a zipper and don’t catch my throat in it’s teeth, every time I wave to someone and don’t knock myself out. After all, each of little wins lead to another wonderful day full of opportunities!
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