Missed opportunities are something we all hold in common – so often, the ones we missed or wished we had, alter the course of our lives. There are some simple ones, though, ones we can be far better at with little efforts, such as:
Saying please.
Saying thank you.
Saying sorry.
Acknowledging mistakes.
Fixing mistakes.
Sure the first two are easy, and the last three are sometimes excruciating to think our way through – but once we do them, they aren’t as big or as complicated as we imagined or feared they would be.
Yesterday my life turned into a Corb Lund song, and /or a Wes Anderson film. The day was meant to be filled with banks, and government and homecare, oh my, enacting docs for my Dad. Trip to groomer for his best little canine buddy turned into trip to vet turned into tearful goodbye. But when I went to start my car at 4:30 on the Friday of May long.... starter also gave up ghost in my car. Panicky phone calls.... "are you my Obi-Wan Kenobe" I said to 3 different shops before one said no... but I an a Droid with a number for a mobile mechanic... who sourced my part, brought it and took 2 hours to fix My ailing car right in the parking lot. He even let his assistant, Commander Marvin the French Bulldog , cheer me up. If any of your readers are ever stranded anywhere within 2 hours of Medicine Hat with vehicle troubles, this going concern mechanic with 27 years experience is the best new Thang I've ever seen. Faith in humanity restored. Enterprise Motor Services, tell him the Chai drinker sent you, JB, Edmonton, AB