Wilbur I. Smith. MFCT, REL.D.

*Marriage, Family, Child & Group Therapist *
* Specializing in Men's Issues *
* Mission Viejo, California *

* (949) 770-7375 *

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Reflections


 

Reflections with Wil

 

I know the battery on my cell phone was low....it said so! I plugged the phone into the appropriate end of my adapter ( as I drove home). It continued beeping, indicating 'low battery'. Strange! I pressed the button for quick charge. Nothing! Silence! Low battery! What? I don't get it! Doesn't anything mechanical work? I'm not a genius in the arena of modern technology ( as most of you know); however, I thought I could plug a phone into a charger.

Well, I have a humiliating confession to make.! Let's see, how can I explain this? First , I have tow chargers.....one for the cig-lighter in the care; the other for a wall socket at home or in my office. I had taken the wall charger to my office and brought it along home with me. It was on the passenger seat beside me. CAN YOU SEE THIS ONE COMING? I took my phone and reached, as I said, for the appropriate end of the charger. However, while paying attention to my driving, I unwittingly grabbed the "right end of the wrong plug"....the one that was NOT plugged into the car.

I laughed at my stupidity and then began to remember back over my life. How many times have I plugged into things that had no power source? Things that were not attached to anything of substance on the other end! The right job! The right woman! The right trip! The right 'God'! The right direction for my life.....only to discover, later (sometimes much later), That I was attached to someone , to an idea, to a venture that appeared convincingly to THE RIGHT ONE FOR ME 'at this end'....only to discover, eventually, the absence of a source of power or valid life energy' at the other end'.

I might have been quite ready and ripe for 're-charging', but unaware that "I had plugged the right end into the wrong plug." Am I alone, or have you been there too? I'll let you take it from here....

Blessings

Wil

 

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