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DTEB, “OF CAR WRECKS AND GRATEFUL LIVING”

Friday, March 23, 2018

I was in a car wreck yesterday afternoon.  I was on a stretch of divided highway on SR 32, just about two miles from my home.  I was passing a car that was in the right lane, when he tried to turn left into a driveway.  His car clipped mine, and sent me into a spin.  I ended up in the ditch, hitting the bank on the other side of the ditch pretty hard.

However, the hospital tests didn’t turn up anything problematic.  Thankfully, the young man in the other car was not hurt either.

After we left the hospital, my wife and I went out to Steak and Shake, I ate too much, drove home (in my wife’s car), went to bed, and slept well.  My car is probably totaled.

Life is a fragile, temporary business.  It can come to a screeching halt quicker than I can write this sentence, quicker than a car wreck can happen.  We/I should give thanks for it every day, every moment.

So, what will I do with today?  I will enjoy the day, and appreciate every moment.  I will do regular stuff as well as I can.  I will love as if it matters, because it does matter.

In the rock musical “Godspell,” there is this wonderful song “Day by Day.”  In the song, the singer says that she/he is praying for three things: “To see thee more clearly, love thee more dearly, follow thee more nearly, day by day.”

‘Nough said.  ‘Nough prayed.

 

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