I realized how upset I had been. Those people and events that made me angry were all in the past. It was only my memory of them that was making me miserable. I hardly ever lock my keys in the car. This didn't happen accidentally; there are o accidents. But now I must actively do something. I gently placed the kitten on the hood of the car as I tried the door once more. Locked tight. I leaned back on the door, closed my eyes for a few seconds and pictured myself driving home. Information flashed through my mind ? a ridiculous feeling to try the door again. I turned around to look at the kitten, and there she was, quietly watching me.
I tried the door again, but still no luck. It's a four-door car that I drive. The electric switch locks all the doors at the same time, so it was useless trying the other doors. Nevertheless, I tried them all. It didn't help. I was about to call a cab to take me home for my spare key when the kitten jumped off the hood and ran under the car.
?You'll get yourself killed,? I pleaded. ?Come on over here.?
Quietly she walked back to me. I picked her up scolding, ?I've a good mind to lock you in the car until your owner comes,? not thinking of what I was saying. At the same time,to show I meant business, I reached over and lifted the handle on the door. There was a click and the door flew open. I just stood there, my jaws as wide open as the door. I had tried that door so many times. I placed the kitten on the back seat while I lifted my bag of groceries from the hood. When I turned around,the kitten was gone. I looked all around but could not find her. Perhaps, she had returned to her owner.I breathed a great sigh of relief.
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How quickly we forget the moments of our glory, the joy of our being. How easy it is to become entrapped in the newsreel of life. How natural it seems to react with anger,impatience, hurt and frustration when situations seem beyond our control. This is precisely when we need to realize that we are in the midst of a drama whose script we have written. We are the actor, the director, the play-wright, the very play itself. The reasons for our doing this are highly personal and buried deep within us. Even we do not understand why we sometimes test ourselves so sorely.
Once, when I was going through an extremely difficult time, a friend said to me, ?It's only a test, John. It will pass.?
?Only a test?? I had shouted in anger. ?Only a test? I'm tired of being tested! I don't want any more tests!?
It's necessary to understand that I was not,at the super-market, faced with problems of major import. There were no life-threatening decisions to be made. This was nothing more than an irritating situation arising out of a number of minor problems. Yet, by my demeanor, one would have guessed that my entire world stood tottering on the brink of annihilation. Realizing this, I decided to handle the situation in a more enlightened manner.
I breathed deeply as I stood there peering at the keys locked inside the car. Suddenly I heard the soft cry of a cat. I turned around, and there, next to the rear door of my car, was the prettiest kitten I had ever seen. It seemed so healthy and well-groomed that I was sure it wasn't a stray. I called to the kitten and it cautiously walked over to me. I must return her to her owner, I reasoned as I picked her up. But there was no one in sight who seemed to have lost a kitten. A deep blanket of calmness began to envelop me as I quietly spoke to the lost kitten. I was now focusing on the kitten's problem instead of my own, and the very shift in thinking made me feel better. However, it didn't change the fact that I was still locked out of my car.
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