November 13, 2010

• Avoiding inability to help others

       Caged from actions to help others as I rode in a car as a front seat passenger with a friend, we drove by a fresh accident on this cold rainy night. Forced against my will to be driven by without stopping. I was ignored it my requests to stop to help these people unprotected by flashing lights from those who can pass by. I felt kidnapped as I was driven away from the scene.

       I had grabbed my cellphone while slowly driving by to call it in but saw several cell phones already lit up probably doing the same thing. I don't want to tie  up people at dispatch but wanted those working to be able to dispatch instead of taking more repeated calls of the same thing. Besides, I didn't know anything extra to add due to being forced to drive by without stopping.

       My trained eyes observed all were out of the two cars with minimal damage which could mean possibly no injuries. Yet, what concerned me was how the people were walking around in the dark unlit by any street lights. They could be possible victims yet by a car passing by on these slick wet streets.  Drivers gawking as they drive by but not really seeing the risks before it is too late. Yes, the speed on this street is decreased but by being hit a 30-40 mph in a certian way can still kill a fragile human body. A twinge in my own injury scares remind me of this when I was not seen at full highway speed.

       All I could do was pray and knew it is more powerful than what even I could do. In my own car I have packed in the back things to protect me and others if I should come upon a scene again.  Yet, we could have stopped in a safe spot and offered a warm place in a heated car to wait for those none injured till the officers showed with their protective flashing lights to illuminate the scene. It would not be long till the officers took over, but a few minutes is a few minutes of comfort in a frustrating on a accident scene. How many times I have I done this before in my own car? Or, even warned oncoming traffic in various ways?

       My friend could have stayed warm and dry in the car. I'm use to being wet and cold when out to help another and know I will dry and warm up later again. I have done this for way over a decade as it is like changing clothes. I grew up on a farm where you lived your workplace 24/7. This career only changed what I protected more with the training to chose to receive which helped humans in need. There are so many ways to encourage others in this world. Too many people stopping to help that don't know what to do can cause a far bigger problem than the accident itself. Yet, we all have our places and assignments in this world in ability to encourage others in so many various ways.

       I asked my friend why didn't we stop? The reply to me was that it would take too much time and left it at that with silence as I repeated it again. I informed it would only have been a few minutes if nobody was hurt but only a few more after that until a unit arrived to help if one was injured on scene. Part of me wanted to end any further plans that night but realized a deeper story in my life. I realized why I am single and few really close friends I have. There also were answers I have been praying for of why this and that. Singleness is a freedom to act when prompted to encourage others that come along my path. Yet people who I'm around can affect how I act as I try to please them than the call.

       I ignored the voice within to push to drive tonight. I had planned to drive but the friend wanted to drive instead. I should have pushed for my way then and would have solved the issues tonight. I need to learn to listen more to those promptings I receive instead of brushing them off to please others. How many times was I convicted of doing this before in life? A desire to be accepted by those in the world than do what I am called to do at times. I know I'm not alone in missing those little promptings of direction. I just don't want to become harden and not able to hear such promptings in my life. I know it is too easy to develope that deaf ear.

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