Yesterday I drove to the library the other day for another day of camping out in the corners and writing. As I pulled up, there was water everywhere and lots of big trucks in the streets. Perhaps the library would not be a good place to campout today. Being a human, access to things like water, restrooms, and other fluid delivery and removal systems are important. I would have no such things at the library that day, the library was not the place to set up camp. I would have nowhere to work from on this day. I would be forced to stare blankly into space at home until the next day. Today I am thankful for broken water mains and surprise days off.
This broken water main was like an adult version of a snow day. Working from home is problematic at best for me. I hangout in the library and do my work because of this. However this day, it wasn’t much of an option. I got a day off, and I got rest.
Rest is such an important thing and I am really bad at it. This day forced me to just throttle back and hangout. I got some rest in the afternoon. I got a good walk in at the park. I went to bed very early because I wasn’t wound up from grinding away on a computer. I got some rest I needed, all because a water main broke. This day off just dropped into my lap.
I am grateful for all the times that God drops some good things into our laps. Sometimes he drops good things into our laps and we would be much happier and wiser to accept these things. Yesterday I needed a day to rest and replenish. God dropped me such a day into my lap and I went with it. Sometimes he drops things into our laps that we could use, and well we get mad. We get made because OUR plan changed, well I suppose we could run with God’s plan instead. This seems like the wise happy path.