A few years ago I had an experience that would teach me a lesson!

I was supposed to wake up at 6:30 a.m., however it wasn’t until 7:30 that I finally got out of bed. My eye lids were like lead. They felt like they weighed a ton. My kids were late for school, and had missed the bus. They didn’t have time to eat breakfast, and I didn’t have my java fix.

We all jumped into the car, then off we went. I was still in my PJ’s. My hair was a mess, I had stuff in the corner of my eyes, and breath that was stronger then I was. (We can be honest here, everyone has the morning yucky’s) I prayed the whole way there, that I would not get pulled over by the police, or get into any kind of accident.

Time was passing quickly. I had to rush back home to get dressed for work, so I put the petal to the metal, and I was home in no time. I ran up the stairs, ripped off my clothes, and threw on the first thing I could grab from the closet.

Since the car was still running, I got in and went! I knocked over the garbage can. Junk went flying all over the yard, but I had no time to clean it up.

As I was driving, I was fluffing my hair, and picking the crap out of my eyes. The level of anxiety I was feeling was extreme, and boy was I cranky.

As I drove, it seemed like everyone I passed honked their horn at me. I became quite defensive because I knew I wasn’t doing anything wrong. Unfortunately, I ended up flashing my middle finger to a few of them out of pure frustration. (This was not a normal practice for me)

The traffic finally came to a complete stop. Then, once again, I heard a beep. The woman that was along side of me was motioning to roll down my window. I was ready for a fight! You could have given me some boxing gloves, and they would have mistaken me for Mike Tyson.

She said, “Ma’am we have been trying to tell you that your purse is on the top of your car.” Wow, I felt so stupid! I did not know what to say. Here I am bobbing my head all around, cursing them all out, and shooting them the finger. Shame on me!

I kindly thanked the women with embarrassment. I had to get out of my car to get my pocket book. The silence was deafening. I never felt so put on the spot in my life.

Lucid‘s Thoughts:
My lesson here was to take that step back, and not get caught up in the chaos of life!

Hopefully this situation does not happen to you, if it does; just breathe. When things are going all wrong, stop what your doing and take a time out.

If this does not change your ambience or slow down the chaos around you, you can always pick up the phone, and do yourself a favor. Call yourself out of work, and go back to bed!