No, I'm not about to tell a corny joke. If you know me, you know I can be a real jokester. This time I'm going to be cereal, I mean serious. What I am about to share is real and did happen on Sunday, June 28th! It all started on my trip to my job at Home Depot. I was scheduled to be at work at 8:00 a.m. and was on route heading north on Nichols road. Nichols road is a busy road that runs between Stony Brook and Blue Point heading north and south on Long Island. The Home Depot I work at is maybe ten or fifteen minutes from where I live. The speed limit is supposed to be 55 MPH but as you know in New York that's only a suggestion. As I approached the intersection of Nichols Road and Hammond road I noticed something in the road. At first I thought it was a baseball cap but as I got closer I thought it might be an injured bird. As I got really close I discovered it was an honest to goodness turtle. I passed over the turtle (no, I did NOT run it over!) and continued on my route to work. I said a quick prayer for the turtle praying no one would hit him. During the day, I thought a lot about this turtle and how it applies to us. That is my point in this blog!
I have not seen very many turtles lately where I live. Turtles are interesting creatures. We all know they move slow. When I think about the turtle I saw crossing the road, he obviously was in no hurry. He was taking his sweet old time crossing a very busy road. Thank goodness it was a Sunday morning and their wasn't a lot of traffic. I'm sure if you got into the head of this turtle, he was probably concerned about getting food. He didn't notice he was crossing a busy road with cars zooming by. He didn't realize he was walking on an asphalt pavement to a median strip pf a busy highway. He wasn't nervous he was going to possibly get run over. He had one thing on his mind....FOOD! There weren't other turtles on the other side of the road yelling "Hey, Tommy the Turtle! Shake a leg dude. Move faster. You are in danger!!"
How many of us are like this turtle? We are living in danger but don't realize it. We think it's okay to live in danger, maybe cross the line and don't realize the results could be damaging. What comes to mind is always drug use, alcoholism or other addictions. Once we are hooked we are hooked. How about other things we do like telling lies, gossip or being extremely arrogant or prideful. The turtle didn't know he was in any danger whatsoever. We are much smarter, at least we think we are but we are human and we do make mistakes. We all have needs and wants and we desire to get what we want. Without realizing the danger we might face, we take a huge risk or gamble. I pray you will not be like this turtle and will always do the right thing!
HAVE A BLESSED DAY!!
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