it's the little things..

so yesterday as i was in traffic on 30 i came to yet another realization about how love can change things, even the rarest, most out there situations in which choosing an action, love would be the last thing to come to mind..

so here's the scene: bumper to bumper traffic in the heat of the day..radio blasting with my tunes, AC on high, and just wanting to get back on the hill which i live upon, i approach a fork in the highway..a car in the lane next to me, a couple cars ahead turns on its blinker, as it needs to get over so it can merge onto another highway. as we sit there bumper to bumper, all moving like snails down the road, nobody will let this poor little car over..how selfish are we? why are we rushing through life? why are we so rude? come on cars..you aren't going anywhere..help a brother out and just let him over!! so as the cars ahead of me kept going, i just waited (i am sure the car behind me wasn't the happiest), let the guy over, and then kept going..this same situation occurred at least five more times. then it came my time to get over, and guess what..nobody would let me over! (but just because we don't get in return doesn't mean we shouldn't stop giving) i waited and waited and obviously finally got over or i wouldn't be here typing this right now (= but that's beside the point..

after driving for awhile, i finally reached what i thought was the bottle neck..two stalled cars (we all know how anything on the side of the road steals our attention and causes us to slow down)..but as we passed those i began to saw debris on the road..and then i found myself in the nightmare of a three car accident..to the right there was a man in a black expedition, and the air bags were fully exposed..as i looked into the window to make sure he was okay, i saw him there on his phone, shaking and trembling, his windows smashed out and his car smoking..to my right i saw a man sitting on a median type thing on his phone, his car a few feet away not as bad as the car before, and then a third car that was barely touched..

as i got away from all the traffic and began smooth sailing the rest of the way back, i played the scene back in my head..and i asked myself a question..how many car accidents would be prevented if we would drive in love? i personally believe quite a few..



i guess in essence what i am trying to say is that the word love has been so feminized and romanticized that we forget what it really was meant to be and we tend to put limits on it. or we sometimes find ourselves putting up this big blockade, trying to protect ourselves from it because "the l word" is something that makes us shudder..when really it is not love at all that we are afraid of..it is the things that for so long have been called "love" that have been falsely defined or labeled as so..

i guess what i learned out of this is that it is the little things that make living in love apparent..things like letting someone over on the highway, a daily act that you can easily do each day..so what if it slows you down a little? enjoy the scenery, smell the roses..

love is everywhere, in everything.. can you see it? do you show it?

Love, i'm sorry for the opportunities You have given me to show Your love that i have overlooked or turned down selfishly..teach us how to love, teach me how to love..to love Your way..and may the glory always be given to Your name..