Can hardly believe a month has slipped by already. They always say the older you get the faster it goes or is it, the older you get the slower, you, go. Whatever the case may be that is what this little blog is about as well.
There are several things that come up and I think; wow, that was a good lesson, but of those things very few do I retain. One did happen the other day at the Kahl home. After Mass was over I usually help get those in the wheel chairs down to the elevator for lunch. There were just a few there this day and I had taken one down already and when I got back into the Chapel I did not see another. I turned to sit down and looked up again and there was a lady in a wheel chair trying to move it. My first thought was how did I miss seeing her, then I went up to help her. I told her I was sorry that I did not see her and asked if she wanted some help and she responded with a direct, yes. I started to push her and stated to her that her chair was really hard to push and she reaffirmed that and that she really appreciated me helping her because it was really hard for her to move. I took a quick glance at the brakes as I was pushing and did not notice them locked, I pushed a little further and took a closer look and for sure the one brake was on. I stated to her that her one brake was on and that was why it was so hard to push, she acknowledged and we went on.
My thought, how many times do we struggle with challenges in life, drugging ahead, when all we have to do is stop and take the brake off.
In my case the brake has been on so long that it is almost worn off.... I am going to have to get it replaced so "I" doesn't run into "U".