Help with staying in the present

[Ashim]

Hi!
This happened to me yesterday. I feel the experience I had may be of interest to you. It scared the s*** out of me anyway!

I am known in my family for not always being punctual and have been late picking up my daughter from school a few times. Yesterday the story was the same.
I was 'ordered' to collect her at 10.20 from the school gates.
I totally forgot.
I was lying in the bathtub 'floating off into other worlds' when suddenly: s***!!!!!!!!!!
I jumped out the bath, ran into the kitchen soaking wet to look at the time:10.35!!!!
s***!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I threw on some trousers and a shirt and literally 'flew' into the car and took off like a rocket down the street.
I could feel that sense of urgency coupled with desperation, having 'failed' once again.
I tore out of our street onto the main road and proceeded as fast as my car could go.
On exiting our village a small, slow red car was 'in my way'. Overtaking however would mean going through a 'blind curve'. I dropped down to 3rd gear and was ready to let rip.

Suddenly out of the blue I felt a calming presence and a whisper of a voice.
"Don't panic" said the voice. So I settled myself and prepared to be late, accepting that getting there safely was much better than taking such a risk when there was no logical reason to do so.
In that very moment an ambulance came roaring towards me on the opposite side of the road. It was going at at least 100 mph. The crash that I avoided would have crushed both vehicles.
My heart almost jumped out my body. Oh my god. I was shocked.

This event triggered a few similar memories of past lives. I remembered the lesson of patience.
I had overeacted. I have been doing this time and time again.
I thank my Creator for this wonderful lesson.

L&L