I’ve said this before. And sometimes forget to do it.
It seems selfish at first glance, but there is some math behind this.
Take care of yourself first or you won’t be able to take care of other people.
For example: If you don’t eat, you won’t be able to work to feed your family.
I re-learned this a month ago while driving. Anyone who has called me in the past 2 months knows that you are usually
calling while I’m driving. I do a lot of Colin’s fund raising, nutrition planning, website trouble shooting, ect. from the road.
Sometimes, it seems like there are not enough hours in the day.
I usually tried not to call people until I’m at stop lights.
I NEVER text and drive. Thats just stupid. And I’m already a bad speller.
I should’ve calmed down on it while driving. Here’s why:
So, a month ago I was driving, and pulled my phone out to call Colin. I don’t remember why I was about to call, but I looked up and the light was red. I hit the brakes but I was too close to the intersection to stop and almost hit this van.
Scared the ba-jesus (thats not how you spell that) out of me.
In addition to that, my coffee fell from the center console to under my feet and the pizza in the passenger seat started falling into the floor.
So, for like 60 seconds, the inside of my car was chaos.
Coffee cup rolling around under my feet,
and I’m hoping it doesn’t roll under one of the pedals.
Food in the passenger seat falling in the floor.
While my pulse is racing from almost hitting someone.
I could’ve gotten hurt. I could have hurt them.
I was so frantic that I didn’t notice the “No Right Turn on Red” at the next stop light.
Then, I heard someone yelling outside my window behind me.
It was a bicyclist. And I thought “Shit, did almost hit him at that red light too?”
Then I realized it was a bicycle policeman.
Ahead there is a turn where you can kind of follow the yellow lines, and this one way street dead-ends.
Anyway, I saw that nothing was coming but didn’t notice that the light was red anyway, and ran it to pull over.
Whats ridiculous, is I told the officer that I knew what I had done, remembering only the first light.
I was still pretty shook up. He informed me of the following 2.
Obviously, and rightfully, he was pretty pissed.
Even 30 minutes afterwards, he was pissed.
To make matters worse, I forgot to pay a ticket for expired registration before I moved.
The court suspended my license.
This is how I found out.
I had to wake Colin. He had to send Christine to come and get me, while I left my car.
They had to pick the car up the next morning before it got towed.
So, I got a reckless driving on a suspended license.
I could lose my license, which would make me undependable for Colin.
I won’t be able to take him to chemo, radiation, doctor, go to the grocery store, or whatever.
The circle of life.
Or as dad, who I used to think was an idiot was I was a teenager, would say:
“The Law of Unintended Consequences”
So, remember, what you do, or do not do, effects the people who depend on you.
Pay your bills on time.
Don’t drive and dial.
Eat your vegetables.
Don’t be like me.
And if you ever feel like you don’t give enough or do enough, keep in mind that all those charitable monks and nuns, before they go do “good works,” eat a healthy breakfast first. So they CAN help.
Unless, they’re fasting. Then they don’t.
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