To the rescue!

I should've been an hour late to work yesterday.

I'm not admitting this to my boss.

I missed the bus. I, uh, miscalculated how long it would take to walk to the bus stop and I watched the bus leave from a half block away. I didn't even try to hoof it, just... no way.

You know how you rehearse excuses? When there's no excuse? Yeah. I also did mantras, praying that this would work out somehow.

Then N., a member of my temple, drove up!

Do you know how often I've seen temple members on this road at this time of day?

Never. This was a first.

"Do you need a ride?" N. called out.

"Uh. Yeah!"

She rearranged her entire schedule so she could take me to work. I got there ten minutes before my start time.

In gratitude I worked out my schedule so I could help her at the temple today. I cleaned crystals and put silk brocades on the Tara altar as Phase I of the renovation comes to a close.

All in all I feel pretty damned lucky. And I want to be as flexible and thoughtful as she was, and help people out. I mean, she said saw me standing there forlornly by the side of the road and thought, "Oh! I know her! I should help."