Picking Up A Few Items In The Supermarket Should Have Been A Relatively Simple Matter. Today It Was Not. In Fact, Planning The Invasion Of Normandy Paled In Comparison. A Careless Shopper, Intent On Rushing Through The Aisles, Bumped Her Shopping Cart Into Mine. This Collision Knocked Me Into A Stacked Display Of Canned Goods,causing Them To Scatter In Every Direction. Caught Off-balance,I Slipped And Landed On A Well-padded Portion Of My Anatomy. Gazing Up, I Saw A Number Of People Rushing Toward Me To See If I Needed Help. More Embarrassed Than Injured, I Picked Myself Up And Walked On As If Nothing Had Happened.I Half Smiled At The Curious Onlookers, But Inside Me Was A Boiling Cauldron.Finally, At The Check-out Counter, I Felt That I Was In Safe Territory. But Even There, I Encountered Problems. One Of The Items In My Shopping Cart Did Not Have A Price Code. As A Result,the Entire Line Was Held Up While Someone Was Dispatched To Confirm The Actual Price. Meanwhile, Other Impatient Customers Were Glaring At Me As If I Was Solely Responsible For Their Delay. At Last, Someone Found The Correct Price And I Checked Out. With A Final Effort To Remain Calm, I Made My Way Back To My Car, Only To Discover That In My Haste I Had Locked The Keys Inside.By This Time Id Lost All Desire To Remain Calm And Controlled. A Bumper Sticker On The Next Car Summarized My Exact Feelings. It Said, Patience, My Ass . . . I Want To Kill Somebody. Placing My Bag Of Groceries On The Hood Of The Car, I Wanted To Scream In Frustration. I Had A Spare Key,but It Was At Home. Theres Got To Be A Better Way,I Reasoned. And Then It Struck Me. I Had Been Reacting To All The Aggravating Events Of The Day. All I Needed To Do Was To Respond In A More Enlightened Manner. I Had Forgotten My Resolve To Change My Perceptions And Deal With Problems On A Different Level.To Read The Rest Of The Story Visit Http:www.spiritual-simplicity.com
