Ok.. so there you are driving down the highway on the way home from a long night out. You're so tired, you can already feel the covers around you and the pillow under your head. You just want to get home.
The problem... when you left your place, you had under 1/4 of a tank of gas in the car to go there and back. "Ah... no problem." you thought. " I've had the car for a long time. I know my car. I can make it there and back on this much gas."
As you drive, you notice that your car is starting to slow down a bit. No matter how hard you push on the accelerator, your car doesn't want to pick up speed. The speed limit is 100 km/h but you're having a hard time getting to 75 km/h. Then... it starts to sputter... and jump... and then.... it stops. Right there.. in the middle of nowhere... on the highway without a gas station in sight.
It's late. There's no other traffic... so there's nobody you can flag down for a lift to the nearest gas station. There you have it. Turns out you didn't know your car as well as you thought you did. Maybe you didn't take the weather, the cold, into consideration. Maybe you shouldn't have gunned it on the way out that night. Maybe you should have taken it a bit easier in the curves.. Maybe.. maybe.. maybe.
Nonetheless, here we are. It's dark. It's cold. You're far from home and you, my friend, are out of gas.
You have only one alternative at this point, since you aren't a member of CAA and, even if you were, you forgot your cell phone on the counter at home. (You likely thought about it on the way out but figured you wouldn't need it anyways, right?)
Your alternative now is to begrudginly take that gas canister out of your trunk (you know, the one you thought you were wasting your money on because you knew you'd NEVER need it) and find your way, by foot, to the nearest gas station.
After about an hour of walking and worrying about every unfamiliar sound you hear around you, you start to think that maybe those people who siphon gas have a good thing going after all. I mean... it's free, right? The car that you, until that very moment, thought you could rely on has let you down. It's betrayed you and has suddenly become your enemy and so you curse it for the rest of the way to the gas station. If nothing else, complaining is keeping you warm.
Ok... so you make it to the gas station, fill up your canister and start the long walk back to your abandoned car. You get there, you open the gas cap, you literally feel the car gasp when you do so and you fill it up with the gasoline that you just purchased. The first few drops that went in sounded like metal on metal.. wow.. that baby was EMPTY!!!
You replace the gas cap, throw the canister back in the trunk of the car, get in the car, turn the key in the ignition and VROOM!!!!! she's your new best friend again. :) Ole Faithful!!! Afer much calamity, you're back home and more ready than ever to hit the sheets.
Friends.... that's where I am right now. The thing is, I'm not only the person who's taking the long walk to get gas for the car. I'm also the car. I'm out of gas. So many things have been going on lately in my life that I no longer know which way is up. I've lost all sense of direction. I need some down time. I need to refuel. I've been siphoning gas from other peoples' cars for too long now. I need to go to the Source. To the MAIN STATION... and I need to get the Full Service treatment. I need to let Him fill up my tank... clean my windshield.. kick my tires and be sure that when I pull out of the station, I'm in for a long and safe trip.
While I'm out... since I lost my sense of direction, I might even invest in a GPS system.
So... I'm pulling my thumb back in... I'm putting the flares in my trunk... I'm not a CAA member so there's no tow truck on the way. I have to take my canister and make the walk on my own. It might be cold. It might be dark. It might even be scary.. but I know that I will, eventually, find the station and get exactly what I"m in need of.
I'll be back. When I'm back, my tank will be full.. or at least fullER.. and I will be able to be a positive influence on others.. and maybe even pick up a few unintentional hitchhickers along the way.
Take care and I will be in touch again soon.
~~ Peace, LOVE, and Happiness ~~
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