RIGHT AFTER THEY BOUGHT their tickets and made their plans for the spur-of-the-moment four-day getaway, they knew it was coming. He had wanted to get off just with her before the hectic-ness of the new business started. He researched and planned and hunted for a good deal and found it. Then, there it was, interrupting their short but joyful anticipation. The projected path was right for their beach, right in the middle of their time. Should they cancel? Five days out; these projections are never very accurate. Four days out, last chance to cancel; the hotel guy said it’s not even a hurricane yet. He canceled. Looking at the news a few days later, he wondered which picture of “tourists camped like refugees” they would have been in. Were those people already there when it formed, but they still stayed? Did they make the trip anyway, knowing a hurricane was heading their way?
SOMETIMES YOU SEE stuff coming. All the facts are there, enough to act on, but you just get paralyzed ‘cause you don’t wanna believe it’s true. For me it’s happened with job changes. It takes time to accept it, and I don’t want to do anything or make plans until I do. Sometimes I’ve walked around for days not believing it’s happened. Meantime, the clock is ticking and I’m only making things harder on myself for refusing to accept reality. For some maybe it’s health or finances; eating or drinking or smoking this all the time will affect your health; debt has to be paid back.
And the biggie…
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