Oh, and a little idiot story.
I drove to London today to meet my friend and adopted sister Gail. It was about a 30 min drive and when I arrived in the parking lot I had to go over a few speed bumps. I heard a clunk after the first one and wondered. hmmm? I heard another after bump two, and thought wtf?? After bump 3 I knew exactly what it was. I had left my tail gate open, and it was bouncing up and back with each bump.
My mind raced. When did I have it open last, and how did I miss it? Not that it's an uncommon mistake for me, but up til now it has never cost me any grief. I got stopped, but before I got out and walked around the back I knew the answer. OMG! My garbage!! And my recycling!! The stuff I was supposed to drop at the road on the way out. It must be strewn all over Elgin County, and depending on when it fell out, perhaps over part of Middelsex county as well. As I'm getting out and doing the walk around I was looking around for officer Obie, (you should know who he is by now) and thinking about whether my name would be somewhere on an envelope in that garbage!!
Would you believe that my bag of garbage, my 2 bags of cans and bottles, my 2 diesel fuel cans, my half sheet of plywood, and my squirrel trap, were all nicely settled near the front of my box!!
And while I have a ton of work to do until feelings of gratitude truly impact my life, for that one little moment I felt something.
Tomorrow or the next day I want to address that topic in more detail, but for today I leave you with this
"Gratitude emanates from the soul. It colours your world"----Gail Perry (my extra sister)
Love
Peter
I drove to London today to meet my friend and adopted sister Gail. It was about a 30 min drive and when I arrived in the parking lot I had to go over a few speed bumps. I heard a clunk after the first one and wondered. hmmm? I heard another after bump two, and thought wtf?? After bump 3 I knew exactly what it was. I had left my tail gate open, and it was bouncing up and back with each bump.
My mind raced. When did I have it open last, and how did I miss it? Not that it's an uncommon mistake for me, but up til now it has never cost me any grief. I got stopped, but before I got out and walked around the back I knew the answer. OMG! My garbage!! And my recycling!! The stuff I was supposed to drop at the road on the way out. It must be strewn all over Elgin County, and depending on when it fell out, perhaps over part of Middelsex county as well. As I'm getting out and doing the walk around I was looking around for officer Obie, (you should know who he is by now) and thinking about whether my name would be somewhere on an envelope in that garbage!!
Would you believe that my bag of garbage, my 2 bags of cans and bottles, my 2 diesel fuel cans, my half sheet of plywood, and my squirrel trap, were all nicely settled near the front of my box!!
And while I have a ton of work to do until feelings of gratitude truly impact my life, for that one little moment I felt something.
Tomorrow or the next day I want to address that topic in more detail, but for today I leave you with this
"Gratitude emanates from the soul. It colours your world"----Gail Perry (my extra sister)
Love
Peter
I'm full of gratitude for my adopted little brother and for the time we get to spend together and for the far-ranging conversations we have. Oh yeah, and for the stuff that stays where you put it, whether it be in the truck or the heart.
ReplyDeleteLove, gail
The tail gate thing sounds like something I would do! I'm glad you share stories like that, because we're all human! And when you say "settled near the front of my box", do you mean mailbox? So presumably it fell out around there and someone put them neatly there? People are good :)
ReplyDeleteAlso, I'm SO glad you and Gail got to have a wonderful couple hours together. Love the quote from Gail!! <3
Love,
Michael