Monday morning—4:30…
While making coffee…
FLASH
A bright light all around me...
Dear God!
Stroke?
Eye flash?
Car headli—
BOOM
My heart literally jolted in my chest…
Dear God!
Terrorist attack?
Armageddon?
Then all was quiet.
I stood there shaking…
What in the hell?
It turned out to be…
A lightning bolt and a thunder clap….
That’s it, that’s all…just a big one of each…
And soft rain.
But before I could discern all that…
My mind raced…
What next?
I’ve heard that when people die…
Their life plays out before them…
But that’s their past….
They’ve already done it so they can see it.
But at that moment…
I didn’t see my past…
My future played out before me.
Though I couldn’t see it…
I felt it…
A sadness of things yet to be…
My grandkids growing up...
Me, a published author…
My retreat up and running.
And then…
KAPOW
I thought struck me...
What if this lightning bolt and thunder boomer…
Was my wake-up call?
Get your ass in gear, girl!
Get this move to Mexico finalized!
Do what you have to, to make that future reality.
Get those submissions out…
Figure out your marketing for that retreat…
And…
Only one spiced chai tea with whipped cream a day…
Before your rear is too fat to fit in an airplane seat…
And you won’ be able to see your grandkids graduate!
So?
Ever have a wake-up call?
What was it?
Always, Em-Musing
