“Sorry, dude. Didn’t mean to lock you in!”
What could have been a day of frustration and non activity instead resulted in a day of inspiration and accomplishment.
Yesterday, at 10:30 AM, my roommate left our home with her two friends for Ojai. I declined to join them because, well, for one, I had this feeling that I am going to be sick during some part of the day and I did not want to drag the group down. Secondly, I knew that there was something at the Krishna temple that I wanted to attend in the middle of the day.
After I made acquaintance with her two friends, cut her birthday cake with them and bid them all goodbye, I rushed to the bathroom to shower and get ready for my temple visit. I was excited to partake in the ceremony in which they would chant the Bhagvad Gita in Sanskrit, an ancient Vedic language which is even older than Latin.
As I skipped joyfully down the ladders to the parking lot, I realized that my roommate’s car was parked behind mine- our Tandem parking structure often leads to such problems. My fear was echoed by her voice on the phone when I called her- “Eh, yeah, dude, crap, I have the keys. Sorry, didn’t mean to lock you in. Do you want me to come back and give them to you?” It was her birthday; moreover, I did not want to make her friend drive her back another 45 minutes. “No, don’t worry about it. Enjoy the trip and take care.” I answered calmly. Inwardly, I was annoyed and wished that she had had enough common sense and courtesy to keep a spare set.
No, I wasn’t going to miss my trip to see my Krishna . I needed to see him- Akin to Sudama, I need him to fulfill my one true desire. I have to get to him somehow, I thought to myself. I couldn’t walk- the ceremony had already started and I would surely be delayed heavily if I did that. “Why not take the bus?” I thought to myself. I’d almost never done that before in LA-
Where there is a will, there is a way. I was able to get to where I needed to go- obstacles can't stop me when I really want something.
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