Red Light::Green Light

Have you ever sat at a red light and let your thoughts consume you? You're just sitting, waiting, and waiting...for that light to change green so that you can go to your next destination. You can't be bothered to stop your life for a few seconds and to relax and think. There I found myself, staring at the paved road ahead of me just waiting to get the green light to go. It was a paved road, but had some potholes and some cracks in it, along with some puddles. I like to think that's how my road(life) will be...it won't be all smooth and freshly painted, but it's in those cracks, puddles, and potholes, that I see what has been designed for me.

I sat, consumed. I've been home for two weeks. Just signed a year contract with a school in Suwon, South Korea. I miss my best friend, Andy. I just said good-bye to my English friend Fiona who I knew that I would see again sometime, but I wasn't sure as to when I would see her.

Red lights...they make us stop...they make me think. Granted usually when I'm at a red light I'm rushing trying to get to my destination or I'm annoyed that this light is lasting forever, but tonight, at 11:15, I sat alone at that red light and for a second, I didn't want it to turn green. I didn't want to go to my next destination. I was letting my thoughts surround me. Memories, adventures, blessings, friends, and my next adventure that I will embark on.

I know that the law enforces these red lights, but I like to think that they not only pause our car, or put it on hold, but they pause our lives and help us to, if we will, think about things...they help to put things in perspective.Sure, it sounds cheesy,but that's what I thought tonight...they really do serve a purpose.