The other day I was struck by a very curious thought. In short, I was stopped by the MI state police out in the boonies for having illegal (in Michigan) tinting on my car. This was news to me after driving my Canadian car in MI for two years already! I had ten days to get the tint off, show the car at a police post and send the verified citation to the court. This was the last thing I needed to deal with in a very busy week with my final exam and last minute rush to finish my clinical hours. I could get the tint removed for free in Windsor so I had to go the day before my final exam. I planned for a 45 min trip and to get back home to Detroit to study. All was going well until I pulled out of the place with the tint removed, when I heard a pop and subsequent loud noise at the back of my car. It sounded like a flat tire. I groaned, stopped the car and sure enough there was a huge wire spike stuck in my tire with the air bubbling around it. I was not far from my parents so I limped into the driveway where I took the tire off, brought it to a place to get it fixed - had to wait about 45min and put the tire back on. So what turned out to be a 45 min trip ended up taking about 3 hrs - which was precious time away from my studying.
I caught myself saying "Nothing is ever simple in life when it needs to be. Plans never happen the way we want them to. Go figure." And I was stopped short by the thought - Why do I always generalize and say that this always happens when things don't go as I plan? I think I am probably not alone in this habit. When things do go as I have planned, I never acknowledge it. I am sure there are just as many times that things go right as there are times when things go wrong. However the curious thing is that I rarely remember those good times - only the bad times. So I resolve to be intentional about thanking God for and remembering the times when things do go as planned and to not generalize and be upset about those times when things go bad.
Besides I got the tint removed for free ,the ticket sent back to the court in 10 days and passed my exam and am no worse for the wear!!
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This is bizarre -- how can a tint be illegal? Was it on the windows? Anyway, I hope the exam, and the move, all went well. And that you had a peaceful Christmas, with joy in it. That's a great resolution, to remember to be thankful when things DO go as planned. Linn
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