Beautiful morning

I have about a twenty minute drive to work over some of the most beutiful countryside. Especially in Spring. Especially the morning after a rain. Especially when there’s a thick fog hovering, leaving these crystal clear gaps in the low parts, and a beautiful blue mystery on the highs.

It was like driving into a lake.

Once I got to work, I called George. George had left me a message, actually two messages, from over the past two weeks saying, “Call me when you get this.”

I just checked and got the message yesterday evening, so I called him first thing this morning.

He couldn’t remember why he had called. So I asked him how he was doing.

When last we talked, George had come by to visit while I was moving — the final move. He was very depressed about having to declare bankruptcy, and that now his wife (who was his wife from his first marriage) was now giving him a hard time about having affected HER credit too. He was considering divorce, and feeling ashamed of the bankruptcy given who his employer is.

On that day, we had talked. I was pretty blunt and casual, my own emotional resources screwed down to get through the move and not open every box and reminisce. He left that day saying I had helped, but I had doubts.

So I asked him how he was doing. “Me,” he said, “I’m doing great!”

“Really?? What’s happened?”, meaning what has happened to turn him around from his former glum.

“Well, it was something you said…about right choices and happiness…I can’t remember the wording, but I’ve been trying to apply that and its really working!”

Wow. Something I said is actually helping someone!

Since starting this entry: Road has emailed me thanks for last night, and said that “her vision” for my house plan that I showed her would be on a 5 acre lot. That just made me smile, too. Also, another friend emailed about buying a school as a residence, and another fem, Jen, has emailed to ask about my day!

Its a beautiful morning…

I’ve found that if you make choices based on what will make you happy, most of those decisions don’t, or are very short lived. However, if you make choices based on what’s right, those decisions will make you happy in the end.