Connection

I believe that we all have a connection. Most of the time, we never know it. When I read "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" I was further convinced. It focuses on people that you've impacted both positively and negatively and never known it. "Sliding Doors" is a really good movie that addresses the topic too. It can be a little disturbing if you think about it hard enough. If I hadn't stopped to brush my teeth, would I have gone through the green light 20 seconds sooner and been broadsided by that truck? Is the person standing beside me in line contemplating suicide, and I should say hello in a friendly compassionate voice so that person might rethink the fact that the whole world is evil? A car was following me on the interstate yesterday, and a small girl, maybe 8 or 10, was in the front seat, she looked like she could cry. It struck me odd, because she seemed to small to be there. She didn't have her seatbelt on. Her mom, I assumed, looked drowsy and even appeared to be nodding off. The horror... I felt sure I'd read about it this morning in the paper. Was I supposed to have done something? What? I firmly believe that we cross people's path for a reason. That we have been planted in each other's lives for a defined purpose. I'm trying to be sensitive to that still small voice that reminds me what my purpose is...