After Sept. 11th, I
happened to call a man on business whom I didn’t know and haven't nor will
probably ever talk to again. But on this particular day, he felt like talking.
He was the head of security for a company that had invited the remaining
members of another company who had been decimated by the attack on the Twin
Towers to share their office space.
With his voice full of
awe he told me stories of why these people were alive and their counterparts
were dead. In the end, all the stories were just about the little things that
happen to us.
You might know, the head
of the company got in late that day because his Son started kindergarten.
Another fellow was alive because it was his turn to bring donuts.
There were other stories
that I hope and pray will someday be gathered and put in a book. The one that
struck me was the man who put on a new pair of shoes that morning, took the
various means to get to work but before he got there, he developed a blister on
his foot. He stopped at a drugstore to buy a Band-Aid. That is why he is alive.
Now when I am stuck in
traffic, miss an elevator, turn back to answer a ringing telephone...all the
little things that annoy me...I think to myself, this is exactly where God
wants me to be at this very moment.
May God continue to
bless you with all those annoying things.