Remember to Push the Button

BTW – in service to full disclosure, this is not really my car’s dashboard

What’s the point of writing a blog if I cannot share my classically embarrassing earth girl moments with you. Right? While this is one of those moments best forgotten – the angels assure me there’s a lesson in here somewhere…

Last week, during the 100 degree heat wave the air conditioning went out in my car. I cannot imagine how my Jewish ancestors made it through the desert for 40 years when I couldn’t even make it to the three miles to Costco and back in my non-air-conditioned car. I would have made a terrible desert wanderer.

So I took the car to a chain service shop. For $600 they could fix it — but that was way too much for the current budget. Fingers crossed, I called a local shop and asked for a second, hopefully cheaper, estimate. They said they would see what they could do.

That day I was visiting my angel friends Carol and Peg at their store Angel Heart 4 You and I was recounting all my woes of the week. Carol reminded me to toss a coin in the wish fountain and ask the angels for an easy solution. You can’t believe how often people have to remind me — an Angel Professional — to ask the angels for help! And so I did… I asked AA Michael to help create a solution for under $100.

Later that day the shop called… they said that they think they fixed it (they weren’t completely certain because part of the evaluation was going to be having me drive the car for a few days to see if it continued to work). The bill? $93. Way better than $600. I left the shop grateful…

Next day Wes and I were driving to a funeral about an hour’s drive from here. As we were driving I noticed the air conditioning didn’t seem to be working. For the next 40 minutes I bemoaned to Wes how disappointed I was… that perhaps the angels didn’t get the message… and that I was either going to be very hot for the next few months or would have to find a way to pay to get it fixed. Imagine 40 minutes of my losing faith, complaining and sweating… Then something compelled me to check the dashboard. You know what? The button that controls the air conditioning was in the off position. I pressed the button and suddenly refrigerated air filled the car.

Talk about an embarrassing moment…lol!

All I had to do was push a button.

I laughed for the next fifteen minutes…

You may not know this about me, but when I’m in my earth girl mode, I can be a bit of a drama queen. Here I was bemoaning my disappointment that things didn’t turn out my way and all I had to do was push a button.

…and I started to wonder. How often am I judging that things aren’t working out when all I have to do is shift perspective and take a tiny action. It’s a reminder that even when it looks like things aren’t working in our favor that we’re a moment away from a game changing moment.

I know that there are serious issues in the world. But in that moment — that was mine. And it was fixed simply by shifting my attention and pressing a button.

Thank you angels!