Kindness in the universe

I planned to do a long solo hike. The trail destination was four hours away. Two hours into the car trip I got hungry. I pulled off at a rest stop when I felt something go. Suddenly my car would not accelerate. Or move.

I called AAA. I excitedly told the woman I had literally signed up for AAA Plus three days earlier. I thought she might applaud my foresight.

Not even a golf clap. She told me I needed to have seven days pass before the plan would go into effect.

A tow truck could take my car three miles and, due to COVID, I could no longer get a ride with my driver into town.

Where is Pa Ingalls when you need him?

My tow truck driver arrived. He immediately told me not only would he give me a ride to town, he would drop off the car and take me to a hotel.

Ahhhh kindness in the universe.

My rescuer was just that - a retired army vet and current tow truck driver and firefighter. He asked where I had been heading.

I told him I was going on a hike but the hilarious thing about my latest hobby was that I tended to get lost. A lot.

He crinkled his well worn face and said, “You know, sometimes you have to get completely lost to uncover yourself.”

And I have never felt the universe had my back more than during that ride to TJs Transmissions and onto my hotel.

Each of our lives unfurl into one big adventure intersecting at every peak and valley. And in between are the people put in place to tow you along to the next plateau.