Recently, coming home from our family end of the year holiday in Mexico, upon entering the border town of Nogales, Sonora, a traffic policeman gave us directions to follow a specific route to one of three border crossings. As I did, my wife urged me to go the way that she wanted to go (the way the officer had prevented us from going) Being the good husband, even though I felt like we should be doing as instructed, I managed to find a way to get back on my wife’s preferred route.
Then the fun started.
The line to get across the Mexican border is never a picnic, and during the New Years holiday, it’s even worse. We sat in a line for over 40 minutes, only to be told to go back to the end of the line by a surly, pompous ass of a police officer because we were in the wrong lane. Never mind there had been NO signs to indicate such. He threatened to take our license plates off, and started calling on the radio. Because officials with guns operate a whole lot differently down there, and not wanting to end up as the back story for a new Quentin Tarantino movie, I unwillingly complied.
Even with all my training and hypnotic skill, I must admit, I blew it. Literally. I blew my stack!!!! I swore and uttered an oath to NEVER drive a vehicle across the border again. Guess I’ll have to work on getting my pilot’s license and a plane to go with it!!! <G>
So now I go back the way we were ORIGINALLY told to go, and waited for over an hour and a half. When we finally made it across the border, we went for some gas and then stopped in at a Jack in the Box for some good ole American junk food. My wife Ana struck up a conversation with a few of the other restaurant patrons and found that they had waited, respectively, 4 and 7.5 hours!!! Amazing!
It wasn’t until then I realized that God, Spirit, the universe, whatever you prefer to call it, really does work in what we can perceive as “strange” ways. Even a surly, pompous ass of a police officer can be an “instrument” for our own good. Even with the drama, we still crossed in less than 2 hours, while it took up to 7 hours for others!
So even if things are looking “bad”, and you’re “resisting what is”, remember, you never know what the universe has in store, so release the resistance and go with it. You’ll feel a LOT better!
I promise.








