Astounding Words

Here’s a true story of some very bad luck, which ultimately became a positive memory…

Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 28, 1994 - I arrive at my girlfriend Erin’s house bright and early. We’ve only been dating for 3 months, and we’re about to begin our first vacation together 3 fun-filled days in Las Vegas. We toss our bags into the Chevy Nova, and we’re on the road by 7:15am.

As we begin the 300-mile drive, Erin tells me about a dream she had the previous night… a vision of our car breaking down in the middle of the desert with the two of us stranded on the side of the road waiting for help to arrive. Hmmmm…
Let’s hope it’s just a dream because we’re in the middle of an intense heat wave.

8:36am - About 80 miles into our journey, I see something in the road ahead. It looks like a small branch. No time to swerve. Thump… our car runs over it, and I see whatever it was shattering to splinters in the rear view mirror. No harm… on with the drive. Just a few minutes later though, one of our rear tires blows out. I quickly pull over to the side of the road and inspect the damage. The tire is completely destroyed, with pieces of rubber strewn along the highway behind us like a trail of breadcrumbs.

Just as I’m tightening on the spare, a highway patrolman pulls up to see if we need help. He kindly directs us to a nearby Walmart where we can get a new tire. We thank him for his help, and we’re back on the road with a brand new tire at 9:50am. I tell Erin, “Well, it looks like your dream came true after all, but at least it only delayed us about an hour.”

“That’s weird,” she said. “In my dream we broke down in the middle of the desert, but here there are grass and trees. Oh well. On to Vegas.”

We make a quick stop in Barstow for breakfast. Then at 12:30pm, about an hour from Vegas, our car suddenly jolts, and we hear the sound of grinding metal. Even though we’re going downhill at the moment, the car is quickly slowing down. I pull over and manage to coast right up next to a call box. Fortunately we’re still in California because there are no call boxes past the Nevada state line, and neither of us own a cell phone at this time.

We gaze around the Martian landscape… not a manmade structure in sight. I ask Erin, “Is this what you saw in your dream?” She nods.

I open the car door, and whoosh… a rush of eyeball-seering heat invades our air conditioned space, as if we just opened the door to an oven to pull out a batch of fresh-baked cookies. It’s over 110 degrees outside.

We use the call box to call for a tow truck. They estimate they can get a tow truck to us in 45 minutes.

But the 45 minutes come and go, with no tow truck in sight. We call back for a status update, and are told it should be there soon, but there are a lot of breakdowns this time of year due to the heat, so there could be some delays.

After 90 minutes, the tow truck finally arrives. I say to Erin, “With this kind of heat, I wonder if the tow trucks themselves ever break down.”

Apparently Erin’s psychic abilities infected me as well. The tow truck promptly breaks down as soon as it gets to us. Of course we feel much better when the driver exclaims, “Wow, this has never happened to me before!”

As the driver starts pushing his truck down the road trying to get it to start, we go back to the phone and call for another tow truck. “45 minutes,” we’re told.

90 minutes later… tow truck #2 appears on the horizon. Now we’ve been stuck on the side of the road for 3 hours. It’s 3:30, and the temperature has risen to blazing 120 degrees. At least it’s a dry heat.

Tow truck #2 zips right past us and goes to help tow truck #1. Do we need to call for a third?

Fortunately, tow truck #2 successfully gets the first truck started, and tow truck #1 returns to collect us, towing us 26-miles back to Baker, California, … population 885, home of the Mad Greek, Bun Boy, and the world’s tallest thermometer. At 4:15pm, we’re deposited at one of Baker’s two auto shops. And due to the intense heat, we’re not alone.

A wiry old mechanic comes out to greet us. His skin is so leathery he looks like walking stick of beef jerky.

We wander into a nearby restaurant for some cold drinks while he checks out the car. Ah, air conditioning.

At 5:30pm, the mechanic informs that one of the heavy bolts holding our car’s engine in place actually cracked from the intense heat, so the engine literally hit the ground and bounced back up again while we were cruising at 65 mph. He gives us an estimate for the repairs, but he’s not sure if he can have it ready by the end of the day.

So Erin and I figure we’d better look for a place to sleep just in case, even though it means going back out into the heat again. As we limp our wilting bodies down the road, we come upon the Wills Fargo Motel, with a big “no vacancy” sign in the window. I figure we’d better go in and check if they a room anyway, since we probably don’t have many other options. Much to our dismay, the desk clerk informs us that a new Pat Morita movie called Time Masters is being shot in town, and all available motel rooms have been taken by the film crew.

However, she tells us she just had a room become available because apparently two members of the film crew were feeling a bit amorous and decided to start sharing a room. We didn’t realize Baker could have that effect on people, especially when the big thermometer reads 118.

Erin and I weren’t sure yet if we’d need the room, but it was only $40 a night, so I went ahead and booked it. When we checked back with the mechanic, we learned the car wouldn’t be ready until the next day, so after a nice climate-controlled dinner at Bun Boy restaurant, we checked into our room.

The next day we loitered in nearby restaurants while playing card games. We couldn’t even fathom how the mechanic could work under a hot car in this kind of heat. Supposedly the human body is about 70% water, but I think his was down around 30%.

At 2:45pm, the car was repaired, and we made a run for Vegas, finally arriving at 4:00.

After checking into our hotel room, Erin and I each took a long bath to wash away the dust of Baker…. OK, so it was together apparently we were also infected by some of that Baker friskiness.

Despite the fact that it took us 33 hours to make the 5-hour drive, Erin and I ended up having a fantastic time together on that trip. Erin says it was that trip that made her fall in love with me because no matter what happened, I was able to keep my cool and made the best of what we had to deal with, even seeing the humor in it. It was only much later that she told me what a big impact that had on her. And today of course we’re husband and wife.

So perhaps breaking down in the desert in 120-degree heat isn’t such a bad thing after all. It’s amazing how life’s little adversities can eventually become treasured memories. But now whenever Erin dreams we’re going to break down in the desert, we stay home.

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Steve is intensely growth-oriented. He trained in martial arts, ran the L.A. Marathon, and graduated from college in three semesters with two degrees. He can juggle, count cards at blackjack, and make damn good guacamole. Steve is also a polyphasic sleeper, sleeping just 2-3 hours per day and only 20 minutes at a time. So chances are good that he’s awake right now.

Kevin had worked as a barber at The Clipper Joint for the past five years. He has dreams of opening his own barbershop one day. He is beginning to feel that it isn’t really fair to have to pay Joe, the owner, 60% of his cut. It just doesn’t seem right to him. He is the one with the clients. He is the one cutting heads for 7 hours a day. Why should he have to give up anything?

Well, the answer is simple. He isn’t the owner of the shop. If there weren’t any shop, there wouldn’t be any place for his clients to go. And if there weren’t any place for his clients to go then he wouldn’t be getting any money to cut heads.

Lately, Kevin has been having serious thoughts about opening his own barbershop. But, he isn’t quite sure exactly how to go about it. What he decides to do was ask Joe, the owner of The Clipper Joint, a few questions about how he started his shop. Maybe that would teach Kevin a little about how to begin.

Today, the thought of opening his own shop has been weighing really heavy on his heart. On his way home from work, Kevin stopped at Barnes and Noble because he wanted to start a little research on finding out how to start a business.

He was amazed at all the books that were available on this subject. He picked up two of the books and decided that he would start by reading these. They seemed to be full of information, even told you what publications and forms you would need from the IRS to start your business.

Kevin knew nothing of starting a business. It seemed really scary to him. Just the thought of it made him nervous. What if he started his own business and he failed? What if he lost all of his money trying to open the business? What if he couldn’t handle it?

Kevin decided he was NOT going to fail. He was going to get as educated as he possibly could about starting and running a business. He was going to read everything that he could get his hands on. He was going to talk with shop owners and get the low down from them. He would even take a few classes at the community college. He was going to research, research, and research.

It has been two year since Kevin stopped at that Barnes and Nobles to start his research. Kevin is still working for Joe at The Clipper Joint.

Oh, don’t think Kevin is giving up. Oh no, every day Kevin is reading another book on how to start a business. Next week he is attending a seminar on starting your own business. He has talked to tons of barbershop owners all over the state in which he lives. He has told everybody he knows that he is going to open his own barbershop. “Hey, Kevin did you open that barbershop yet?” “Not yet. Still working on it!”

Do you see what Kevin is doing? Kevin is forever going to start a business. Kevin is NEVER going to start a business.

Kevin is stuck in what I call “The Research Sector.” He isn’t making any real progress in starting his business because, in fact, he isn’t DOING anything to start it. Oh, don’t get it twisted, Kevin is now fully educated on what it takes to start and run a barbershop. If he wanted to, he could hold a seminar and teach others how to start and run their own business.

Kevin needs to get really honest with himself and realize that he is afraid to make a move and that he is using research as a crutch to hold him back. But instead of admitting the fear, Kevin stays where it is safe. It only makes sense that you will thoroughly research something as big as starting your own business, before you make a move. So as long as he is in “The Research Sector”, he will forever be “opening his own
business.”

Some people stay in “The Research Sector” forever. They NEVER make any real progress because they are forever researchingor forever practicing or whatever.

It’s really a mechanism we use to avoid putting ourselves out there. We are really fearful of what could happen if we were to really DO something. So to make it seem as if we are doing something, we spend all of our time in the beginning stages, the learning process.

In order to achieve your dreams and desires you must TAKE ACTION.

Action is defined in the Merrian-Webster Online dictionary as a thing done.

Nothing happens until you TAKE ACTION.

You MUST DO SOMETHING in order for things to happen.

I know that it may “feel” a bit scary at first. I know that venturing out into the unknown can really cause a lot of crazy thoughts that will have you second-guessing yourself.

But unless you muster up the courage and the confidence, you will never realize your dreams, your goals, and your purpose.

Here’s my suggestion: why not find something to do that you aren’t fearful of doing?

Let’s say that starting your own business requires you to write out your Mission Statement. Hey, that’s something you can do. You know what you want to do so you can easily write it down. Wa-la! You actually took action.

Or, let’s say, you want to be a writer. Spend your day looking up the name, address, phone number and email address of the person who receives article submissions for the magazines and newspapers that your article will fit in. If it makes you nervous to call and talk with them on the phone, send an email.

Let me give you an example.

Suppose Kevin started his research and discovered that the first thing he will have to do is to create a business plan. But, being that he is new to this, he doesn’t know what a business plan is so he does a little more research and finds out how to create a business plan.

Action: Kevin could start writing up his business plan. If he gets stuck and needs help, he could TAKE ACTION and seek advice.

By starting with his business plan, he is still basically working alone and doing something that is less fearful.

So if you start with the things that you can do alone, things that you aren’t fearful of doing, then you will still be accomplishing something.

If you make it a point to DO something every single day, you will find that you will be getting closer and closer to your goal. And, the more that you accomplish, the more confidence you will develop. When you start seeing how far you are getting along, you will be more motivated to try new and different things. When you realize that you took a giant step and that you are still alive, no one has eaten you up or thought you were crazy for asking, you will develop more confidence to try new and different things. That is just it. YOU WILL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.

The key is to DO something EVERY SINGLE DAY!

Nothing will happen unless you TAKE action.

And you MUST take action EVERY SINGLE DAY–or at least every other day.

It’s sort of like if you decide that you want to get in shape. You want to turn your stomach into a six-pack so you could look great in a bathing suit.

If you do sit-ups and crunches one day and then do nothing for two months, then after two months have passed, you remember you wanted a great looking tummy so you do more sit-ups, you will not get any results.

In order to get the type of cuts and flatness that you desire, you must do sit-ups, crunches or some form of stomach exercises EVERY SINGLE DAYor every other day. Any other way simply won’t work.

ACTION PLAN: Make it a point to DO something today–even if it takes you a little out of your comfort zone. If stepping out of your comfort zone is too uncomfortable, then do something today that you ARE comfortable with, but make sure you DO something. Then tomorrow, repeat. And the next day, repeat again–and so on and so forth.

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“A happy heart makes the face cheerful” (Proverbs 15:13).

Abraham Lincoln once observed, “Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” In 1831 Lincoln failed in business; in 1832 he was defeated for the legislature; in 1833 he again failed in business; in 1835 his sweetheart died; in 1836 he had a nervous breakdown; in 1843 he was defeated for Congress; in 1855 he was defeated for the Senate; in 1856 he lost the race for the vice presidency; in 1858 he was defeated for the Senate; in 1860 he was elected President of the United States and, while president, two of his sons died. Although history has lionized Lincoln greatly, there is little doubt that he climbed to the summit of his Calvary hills. Yet one of his most memorable traits was his lively sense of humor!

“A cheerful heart is good medicine” (Proverbs 17:22 RSV). “Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers and are famous preservers of youthful looks” (Charles Dickens). The opposite of cheer is worry. Henry Ward Beecher warned us, “It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hardly put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is the rust upon the blade.” It also gives us worry wrinkles.

A cheerful heart is a contented heart. Discontent is a poison that spreads through our system when we decide that someone else is brighter, or has more than we do, or is happier than we are. Change only two letters and we go from content to contempt. The word contentious begins with content. Perhaps we need to lop off the I-O-U-S from our life and get back to being content! It’s too easy to get bogged down in what we think others owe us.