This morning, after dropping Matt off at work, I was stopped @ the light on hammocks and 104th, and I couldn't help but notice a young man, dressed in what looked like a work uniform, hair tied back in a pony tail, running across the street, towards the right side of me. He was carrying a blue bag, and although I couldn't see his face, I can tell he was determined, but thinking: "man, I can't be late again". To my right, the bus from that route had just made its turn, and as I looked at its end, I imagined reading on its tail the words: "We brake for NO ONE" from the 80's movie Spaceballs.

I chuckled! My curiosity, and desire to see this young man make it got intense in the spot where I stood, so being the first car stopped to make a left, I drove up a little. The bus stopped, and the people, a total of three, who were there ON TIME, got on....

"How many times have I missed the bus?" This was the thought that crossed my mind. How many times, have I procrastinated so much, that I could not finish what I began, or didn't give it the importance it deserved so I missed the deadline. Yeah I was being harsh on myself, because sometimes I have tried very hard, but obstacles got in my way, and no matter how fast I ran, or how hard I tried, those obstacles set before me, got the best of me... Or did they?

No, they made me CHANGE. The more things change, the more things stay the same, blah, blah, blah.... Hey, if things really changed, if I REALLY did something DIFFERENT, then the RESULT would be something NEW!There is this song from the 80's (yeah am an 80's kid) called Hazy Shade of Winter from the Bangels...and it begins something like this:

Time, time, time

See what's become of me

While I look around

For my possibilities'

I was so hard to please

I used be so proud of being so much about Me- until I realized: it's NOT about Me at all.....

Look around

Leaves are brown

And the sky

Is a hazy shade of winter

Hang on to your hopes

My friend

Change comes to those who dare to recognize that they need it and are willing to discover that the seasons do change, even in Miami.

To conclude, my long haired friend who almost missed his bus, made it.

I got teary-eyed.

Now if you personally know me, you know I don't run out of tears; but the fact that he Almost Missed it, and didn't, made me VERY GLAD.

"'Those who keep their heads on straight will teach the crowds right from wrong by their example. They'll be put to severe testing for a season...When the testing is intense, they'll get some help, but not much. Many of the helpers will be half- hearted at best. The testing will refine, cleanse, and purify those who keep their heads on straight and stay true, for there is still more to come..."-Daniel 11:33 (MSG)