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My daughter got a scholarship to an acting school and today I dropped her off at her first class. When I parked the car at home, I heard a hissing sound coming from the tire as it quickly began to deflate in front of my eyes. I ran inside and Googled the nearest tire repair shop and found one about a dozen blocks away. By the time I got there the tire was completely flat.
Luckily, they were able to fix the tire before I had to be back to pick up my daughter. When the guy had the tire off, he told me I only had about 5% of my brakes left and that I’d have to fix them before the rotors wear down and the repair becomes more expensive. I told him to book me in for tomorrow morning.
As I was driving home, I was thankful for the flat tire that had initially annoyed me. The tire only cost $16.95 to plug but I had been ignoring a niggling feeling that the brakes needing to be done. If it weren’t for the flat tire, I may have left it until the pads were completely worn down or worse, until the brakes failed.
My drive home was filled with gratitude: gratitude for the tire getting fixed so quickly; gratitude for the brakes getting fixed before they put me and my family in danger; gratitude for my daughter's acting scholarship; and gratitude that the expense of the brake repair is covered by a timely “bonus” paycheck of a three-pay-period month. The universe works in magical ways and sometimes a flat tire is part of the magic.
What magic do you ignore because it comes disguised as an annoyance?
My daughter got a scholarship to an acting school and today I dropped her off at her first class. When I parked the car at home, I heard a hissing sound coming from the tire as it quickly began to deflate in front of my eyes. I ran inside and Googled the nearest tire repair shop and found one about a dozen blocks away. By the time I got there the tire was completely flat.
Luckily, they were able to fix the tire before I had to be back to pick up my daughter. When the guy had the tire off, he told me I only had about 5% of my brakes left and that I’d have to fix them before the rotors wear down and the repair becomes more expensive. I told him to book me in for tomorrow morning.
As I was driving home, I was thankful for the flat tire that had initially annoyed me. The tire only cost $16.95 to plug but I had been ignoring a niggling feeling that the brakes needing to be done. If it weren’t for the flat tire, I may have left it until the pads were completely worn down or worse, until the brakes failed.
My drive home was filled with gratitude: gratitude for the tire getting fixed so quickly; gratitude for the brakes getting fixed before they put me and my family in danger; gratitude for my daughter's acting scholarship; and gratitude that the expense of the brake repair is covered by a timely “bonus” paycheck of a three-pay-period month. The universe works in magical ways and sometimes a flat tire is part of the magic.
What magic do you ignore because it comes disguised as an annoyance?
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