Do bad things happen to us for a reason.................................

by fifi40 11 Replies latest jw friends

  • fifi40
    fifi40

    Some believe that things happen to you for a reason...................that you are being told to slow down, or get fit, give up spending hours on the internet.....................I think you get the picture.

    So I dont know what yesterday was all about but here goes..............I parked up in the petrol station, got out to fill up and thought I'd lock the car (as I needed to get bread and milk from the mini supermarket attatched to the petrol station - Sainsburys for UK readers)..........so I am happily filling up the Freelander with diesel when the darn thing starts to roll forward..................aaaggghhhh..............panicking I dropped the pump on the ground try to open the front door (which I have locked) then I am trying to get to the remote but the keys are in the petrol cap making it very awkward to get to..............meanwhile the car is still slowly rolling toward the pay kiosk and on its little journey blocking the exit path for other cars.............eventually I get it open and pull on the hand brake (our other car has an automatic hand brake ........so being a dumb blonde I forget sometimes). I then returned to filling the diesel tank up.............aghast at the amount of diesel that had slopped down the side of the car.......................got in the car reversed up a bit to allow the exit path to be clear and went into pay. Next I had to stand in the queue for 10 minutes because the person on the till was on the phone to the police because somone else had filled up before me and driven off without paying..................eventually I made it back to the car and drove off...........only to hear this loud grunching noise coming from the underside of the car............it sounded like I had a bike stuck under there..............so I pull up in the middle of the road in front of some traffic lights and get out to inspect..........back, front, sides and nothing showing........so back in the car up to the lights (which change on me just as I am about to cross and I am now nervous that the car is about to disintegrate around me so I stopped past the lights, but had not gone across the road and I cant see the lights so I dont know when its my turn to go).........fortunately there was a car behind me so when he started to move so did I...............but still it sounds like I am dragging half the steel industry around with me.......so I pull up again..............which is when I notice the little green light on the display area blinking madly at me.........................in my haste to pull the hand brake on I had managed to switch a fourwheel drive/steep incline button on................the problem was soon resolved.

    So what is life trying to tell me...........................should I get a bike or maybe a horse?

    Do you ever had mad episodes like this....................where you thin the U been framed TV crew have got their camera's rolling?

  • Sirona
    Sirona

    OMG !

    That is so funny!

    Sorry to laugh at your bad day but it sounds hilarious.

    My advice is to use your handbrake. LOL

    If you were being philosophical about it, you could say that at least it happened somewhere relatively safe - and now you'll remember next time.

    Sirona

  • jaguarbass
    jaguarbass

    So what is life trying to tell me...........................

    Pay attention to what your doing. Live in the moment.

  • tijkmo
    tijkmo

    i thought you were going to pull away with the pump nossle still in like they do in formula 1 spilling fuel all over the body which then lights up the whole car.

    scary but fun to watch.

  • Undecided
    Undecided

    Don't feel stupid, things like this happen to us men too. I was in line at the bank drive through and there was ice on my windshield wipers. I was going to quickly step out and clean it off and the door shut. It automatically locks when the car is in drive and running so I couldn't get back in. The car started to creep forward and I had to get in front and hold it still. I had to yell to the man in front of me to help me. He let my car creep up to his bumber to hold it still untill I could find something to put under the tire to hold it still. I had to call someone to get the car unlocked so I could get back in. I told the woman in the bank I would never laugh at something stupid a woman did ever again.

    Ken P.

  • Terry
    Terry

    Bad things do happen for a reason. Here is the reason.

    For bad things not to happen only good things would always be happening.

    Then, "good" would lose relative distinction with less "good". The less good would start to look bad in comparison.

    Suddenly, what use to seem only good would be bad by contrast.

    Is this crazy talk?

    No way!

    The poor in America have bathrooms with flush toilets, microwave ovens, TV, satellite service, refrigerators, ovens, automatic legal rights, free medical treatment and social nets to fall back on. These are America's downtrodden!

    Contrast this "awful state" with the majority of the world where there are no toilets, no clean drinking water, no technology or medical treatment.

    What is a "good" day like in a backward town in Africa where AIDS is spreading and children are wandering the streets with no parents and bloated bellies?

    You see, what is "good" is pretty much relative. So is what is "bad".

    Bad things happen to us because we expect better things...much better things....and don't get them.

  • trevor
    trevor

    In terms of what our western society perceives as 'bad things,' yes they happen for a reason.

    What happens in our day is far more logical and predictable than we realize. When a truly aware person is able foresee outcomes or predict how our day will be they are considered psychic. But they are in fact, just aware.

    Every day we are bombarded with thousands of images, impressions and suggestions. They are so subtle that most of them are only registered at an unconscious level. They affect how we feel act and how we respond to situations.

    Many situations that appear to be haphazard are the result of our unconscious response to our environment.

    Good or desirable things are more likely to happen if we have a positive outlook and are aware of the way in which we are affected by people and images around us.

    trev - edited due to unforeseen spelling error

  • fifi40
    fifi40

    Urrrmmmmmmmmmmm.................just in case any one is any doubt I was kinda joking about it being a bad day/thing that had happened to me........................I really didnt view it as bad, probably more like slightly annoyed at my stupidness.............no a bad day is when you break two nails or something like that...........................ok I'm going now before you all actually take me to seriously and get me carted off to the loony bin!

    Fi

  • golf2
    golf2

    fifi40, not nice to ask, but, are you just joining the club? We all have similiar stories, some worse than others, Believe me, it does happen. Be happy that everything turned out well. One of the things I suggest when you experience such episodes is to "extract the positive out of the negative experiences". There are plenty of positive things to learn from your experience. I'll let you figure out what the positives are.

    Do bad things happen to us for a reason? Ask this ? to golfers and read their replies.

    Golf

  • golf2
    golf2

    fifi40, not nice to ask, but, are you just joining the club? We all have similiar stories, some worse than others, Believe me, it does happen. Be happy that everything turned out well. One of the things I suggest when you experience such episodes is to "extract the positive out of the negative experiences". There are plenty of positive things to learn from your experience. I'll let you figure out what the positives are.

    Do bad things happen to us for a reason? Ask this ? to golfers and read their replies.

    Golf

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