Did you all have a good week?  I wanted to post my weekly gratitude post last night but I had technical difficulties after installing a new modem from Time Warner and ended up spending several hours with a very helpful technician troubleshooting.

Finally at 2 a.m. we pinpointed the source of the problem and fixed it.  But that led to the creation of another problem that will have to be dealt with at a later time (i.e. my videophone no longer works - ACK!).

Putting things in perspective though, at least I’m back online!  (Image credit: Drama Mafia )

But that’s not the subject of today’s gratitude post.

You will notice the format to be a little different today.  That’s because I have one story surrounding the power of “what goes around comes around.”  I experienced an amazing situation of that theme this week.  The other stuff I want to share with you will be outlined in another posting - perhaps over the weekend.

But before I go into that, I wish to ask everyone for a moment of silence.  Randy Pausch, famous for “The Last Lecture” died of pancreatic cancer yesterday.  I was so incredibly inspired by this man who lived life right to the very end.  After the “last lecture” video went viral, he appeared on Oprah and inspired many millions of more people around the world.  Not long after that, Harper Collins published “The Last Lecture” that went on to be an instant best-seller.   While this is a sad moment in passing, I somehow know this man would not have wanted the world to mourn for his death.  He would have wanted us to celebrate the beauty of his and our own lives.  Thank you Randy for giving us what we so desperately needed - a reminder of the simple truths of life.  Thank you.  We will see you when we come home later.

Now turning to this week’s gratitude story.   Oh Good Lord, do I have something to share with you!

The incident happened yesterday.  After a good workout at the gym, I hopped into my car, started it, and scanned through emails on my “Crackberry.”  Once I finished responding to various emails, I set the BB down, put the car in reverse and began to back out.

CRUNCH!

OMG.

Yep - you guessed it.

Another fender bender on a parking lot!

But this time it was MY FAULT.

He had the right of way.

As soon as I felt the impact, I was like, “OH SH****T.”

I couldn’t believe it because you’ll recall about a month ago, almost the exact same thing happened to my car in another parking lot.  The only difference between the two incidents was that I was not in my car when it happened before.  If you’re new here and have no idea what I’m talking about, see A Fender Bender That Could Have Gone Wrong.

You all remember from that story how I found a yellow piece of paper that was taped to the driver’s side window, flapping in the wind.  It had on it the responsible driver’s name and her contact information.  You can imagine how grateful I felt upon seeing that note!  (Image credit:  lilly1975)

Someone led me to her inside the building, next to the parking lot.  This woman was clearly distraught, way more upset than I was.  Throughout the entire exchange, I kept a very calm, serene demeanor.  I kept telling her things like, It’ll all work out, thank you for taking responsibility and for being so honest about it.  I am very grateful to you.

Well, God bless her and her insurance company because within a week, my car was like new again.  You can’t even tell that someone hit me less than a month ago.  (BEFORE and AFTER photos can be seen at the above fender bender link).

Well, let’s fast forward to yesterday.  After I realized I hit someone, I got out of the car, half expecting the driver to scream a litany of profane words; but like how I behaved with that woman, he was remarkably calm and peaceful.   It was stunning display of the boomerang effect from the universe.  It was as if I was watching myself in a movie being replayed. 

Utterly incredulous.

Together, the man and I decided not to call the police and simply exchanged insurance information.   Like the above mentioned woman, I got right on the phone and called my insurance company to get the claim processed as quickly as possible.  I so very much wanted to continue to pay it forward.  How could I not, after what she did for me?

And get this………

Are you sitting down?

The location of the damage to his car was EXACTLY the same as mine a month ago!

Wait, there’s more!

The amount of damage to both of our cars were identical.

Food for thought:  Have you ever experienced the truth of “What Goes Around Comes Around” in your life?

Side notes:

1.  Be on the lookout for some more gratitude items in a future post; including a new corporate speaking engagement, a couple of new scripts recently installed for this blog (that you should most definitely be aware of), a newly upgraded version of the blog theme, a new Tweet-up event that I am coordinating with another Twitterer from the local area and more.   So much to be grateful for!

2.  You will note that the CommentLuv plugin no longer exists.  It had to be pulled for two reasons.  One is that it was parsing only some of your last blog posts but not others, giving the impression that I was being selective about it.   Thanks to Corrine Edwards for alerting me to this malfunction.

The second is because it was causing my WP database to become enormously bloated with worthless junk, which would have slowed everything down if I had continued to let it accumulate. (See Comment #28 at Upgraded: xMark 2.5 Released).

But all is not lost!  Commentators are still being “recognized” for their input because their names are still being linked back to their blogs (assuming they have one and filled in the URL box).   We also have the “Monthly Comment Champs” and “Most Recent Comments” sidebars, further giving you link love in exchange for taking the time to share with us your thoughts.  So the love is still there - okay?

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