August 20, 2013
The day started off wonderfully. I
received another Ortho-bionomy session and we made great progress. There is
less pain and more movement than before. After my session, I went straight to
Dr. Xiao and he commented on how my knee is getting better. Yay! The Tui Na isn’t
as painful and the acupuncture is really increasing range of motion in my knee.
I met Richard for an impromptu lunch
and picked up my delicious soap order from my friend, Tracy, at StrawberryHedgehog. I don’t use any other soap! I also got some moisturizer and deodorant
from her – all natural stuff. I had enough time to swing by the house and work
for an hour before I hit the gym.
As I was driving to the gym, I was
literally thinking, “I should park out front. But, nah, that’s for the tanning
people and I don’t want to be disrespectful.” So I made the turn to park in the
back. WHAM! A guy opens his car door as I’m parking and I hit his door with the
entire passenger side of my car, scraping from front to back and knocking my
mirror off.
Now, here’s the part where I could
go OFF on this guy in my blog. I could tell everyone his name, where he lives,
where he works and recount what a complete a**hole he was. I could give gory
details about what was said to me, how he scared me, etc. But I won’t. I truly
believe that everything happens for a reason and has a higher purpose. Maybe my
dear buddy was just having a really shitty day and had no one else to take it
out on. Did it cost us an hour-and-a-half of our time? Yes. Is it inconvenient?
Sure. Will it cost us both money? Of course. But they’re freaking cars! And to
get so worked up over something that happened and there’s no going back, is
100% useless and a waste of energy.
Five weeks ago, I would not have
felt this way. Of course, I stood up for myself today and wouldn’t let him push
me around. If I’m a bitch for doing that, so be it. But I did not completely
lose it like I would have before, and that is a ginormous accomplishment.
I even said to him, “Hey, it’s
4:30. There’s nothing we can do about our cars. Let’s just go workout.” He
refused. The perspective I have now versus the one I had five weeks ago and
prior is so completely different. The little stuff just doesn’t matter anymore.
It’s weird to have that detachment but it feels great and I’m looking forward to
really only focusing on the ‘real stuff’ from now on.
I went and worked out anyways and
had a blast with my trainer, Daniel. We poked fun at the event and working out
helped overcome some of the adrenaline from the encounter with the meany. Good
day!
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