One day, I was going to the doctor’s office. I wasn’t feeling very happy, as a matter of fact, I was feeling a little down. I was feeling like I didn’t matter to anyone, including God so I walked with my head down and said, “God, you probably don’t even know my name.” When I came out of the doctor’s office, my head was still lowered and then I saw a glimmer of light on the ground. As I approached it, I could see clearly what it was and picked it up. It was a Mother Teresa medallion. My name is also Teresa. I guess God showed me. That was several years ago and I carry it with me to this day. When I turned it over, it said, “Pray for us.” When I told my friend, Latisha what it said on the back of the medallion, she asked, Well, did you do it?” I was confused so I asked her, “Did I do what?” She calmly said, “Pray for us.” I was embarrassed to tell her that I had not said a prayer. After we hung up, I prayed for all of us.
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One Happy Meal
A few days ago, I was driving home. It was dark and I decided to go to McDonald to get a happy meal (I keep the toys for the kids’ baskets that I make at Christmas). As I drove up, there was a choice of two lanes to drive through. I squinted at the menu and in the first lane there was a woman huddled under the sign clutching her belongings close to her chest. I decided to go to the other ordering station, but while I sat there, I started to feel ashamed. What was wrong with me? I had intentionally avoided someone who was in need. I lost my appetite, but I went through the drive-thru and ordered a happy meal anyway. I circled back around to see if she was still there and she was gone. I shook my head and just sat there. How could I have been so selfish? I was disappointed in myself and then I stopped thinking about myself and did what I do best…find people. I looked over to my left and saw the shadow of a small woman walking slowly through the parking lot with her head held down like she was watching her feet. I secretly prayed this was her. I drove slowly up to her, rolled down my window and asked her if she was hungry. She turned and said she was so I gave her the food. She thanked me for the food and immediately went over and squatted beneath a nearby tree. She looked down, placed her belongings closely beside her and began eating slowly as she looked around in the darkness. You could barely see her squatting there in the shadow of the tree that kept the luminosity of the street light from giving her away. I learned a valuable lesson from that encounter. Sometimes, it does not matter if you hesitate to do something right as long as you do it.
AAA Discusssion
Sitting in AAA:
Me: “I am an Uber driver so I can only wait until 5:00.”
Man: “Aren’t you afraid of picking up someone strange?”
Me: “No. Before I go out, I pray for me, my passengers, my car, our journey, the other drivers and passengers, people I know and people I don’t know.”
Man: “What about the drivers who commit those crimes?”
Me: “They probably don’t pray before they go out.”
What was priceless was the smile on the face of another man nearby who overheard what I said.
T.A.P. into the Possibilities 