Driving in the car with my coworker in pouring rain headed back to the parking garage of the building where our PD is being held. We are amazed at the huge droplets of water hitting the windshield. It's coming down hard, making it difficult for my wipers to keep up. We sit at the red light and I begin to sing, rain rain go away, in my head and I am interrupted by the shock of tiny white rocks hitting my car. HAIL! My coworker and I start to panic and I picture a hail chunk piercing a hole though my windshield. We inch closer and closer to the intersection of the garage but are halted by a car waiting for the light to change to continue on ahead. Please turn green, please turn green... I whisper to myself as the little hail chunks slam on the car. Then finally, after what felt like an eternity, the light turns green and we head to safety. Not a ding in sight. Welcome Spring.
I chose intentions as my "One little Word" this year. I was chatting about work/life with one of my best friends who has been in my life for over 17 years a few months ago and she gave me probably the best advice I needed in that exact moment, which was to set my intention each day before arriving at work. This happened to be around the same time that my colleagues were sharing their "OLW's" and I thought I would try it out as well. I thought about my conversation with my friend and it hit me...intentions... I wasn't sure if it was the right kind of word but it felt right to me. It is a word that could fit in every aspect of my life. I am constantly thinking about my intentions and they have quickly become the fuel of my day to day. Intentions. Setting the intention. Treating people with good intentions. Doing everything with the best intention no matter the situation. What's your "OLW"?
I live in an area with many spring hail storms as well. And not very many places to park a car to keep it safe. So glad you made it through with no dings!
ReplyDeleteGreat ending: "Not a ding in sight. Welcome Spring." You really capture the surprise of hail storms. We don't get many here but they always shock the heck out of me. Glad you made it unscathed to the garage and safety .
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