Life's Embarrassing Moments - We All Have Them

The positive and healing power of humor cannot beprobably kill her (or worse), for doing something stupid
measured! Humor helps to reduce stress, anxiety, andlike this! It was cold outside and she had to think of
tension and that's why I use humor to get out ofsomething FAST!
embarrassing situations myself. And, there have beenShe looked down the highway, and noticed there were
plenty of them in my life! I've eaten plenty of "crow,"store lights less than a mile down the highway, maybe
and have gotten plenty of "egg on my face" over thea gas station or convenience store, she hoped! (this
years, too!was before cell phones) So, she decided the only thing
STOP; LOOK; LISTENshe could do, was to start walking to the store to use
My ex-wife had a great sense of humor, but she wasthe phone. She figured it would take her about 15
not a very funny person most of the time. She rarelyminutes to walk to the store and call her husband to
came up with anything funny, or if she told a joke, shecome and get her, so she she started walking.
would usually screw it up! That's fine...I can't fault herA few minutes after she left the scene, a police
for that! I screw up most of my jokes, too! But, sheofficer stopped at her car to check things out! What
shined one day, when she told me the following storyhe found was sure interesting. An abandoned car, with
about what her receptionist did at work. And, shethe engine running; the doors were locked and the
picked up on this bit of humor because she washeadlights were on! What was the officer to think...foul
LISTENING! When she told me this story, I almost fellplay, perhaps? The officer looked all around the area,
over backwards!to see if he could see anybody around, but there was
Human Servicesnobody. So, he called for help for other units to join in
The state Department of Human Services (Newon a search!
Mexico), which handles child abuse cases, was quiteMeanwhile (back at the ranch), or at the store where
busy on this particular Monday morning. Clients andMichelle had walked to...she arrived and called her
attorneys were waiting in the reception area, andhusband on the phone. From the phone booth, she
several of the children were in the nursery, and thelooked back up the highway, and noticed flashing lights
telephones were ringing off the hook!near her car! The worry set in for her right away, and
The receptionist had only been on the job for about ashe thought something had happened to her car! She
week, and as in any new job, she was still trying totold her husband that she would meet him at the car,
find her way around, etc. As the morning wore on, thewhich was less than a mile north of the convenience
office scene continued to be quite hectic! And, bystore.
mid-morning, things became a little dizzying for her, asWorried... Michelle was in a hurry-up mode to get back
she tried to take care of everyone's needs.to her car, after seeing the flashing lights! As she
About noon time...looking a bit drained andwalked faster and faster toward her car, she noticed
overwhelmed with it all, she was overheard to answermore flashing lights, and could hear dogs barking off in
the telephone, "Good morning...Human Cervixes...may Ithe distance! She didn't know what to think! She then
help you?"noticed a low flying helicopter with a spotlight shining all
Another embarrassing incident was told to me by myover the place. "Who or what could they be looking
wife, who had a friend named Michelle, and the storyfor," she thought to herself!
goes something like this.Huffing and puffing...she lumbered down the highway in
Stranded!the soft sand of the shoulder! She continued down the
It was about 9:00 in the evening, on a cold Decemberhighway, and she knew something was not right
night, and Michelle was on her way home fromwhere she left the car! As she got closer, there were
attending a meeting at school. She was driving on themore flashing lights; traffic backed up; the sound of
outskirts of town where she lived, when she noticedbarking dogs became louder; the helicopter flying low
and felt something was not right with the front end ofoverhead...what could be wrong?
the car! She didn't know if a tire was going to blow outAfter a few minutes, she finally reached the scene,
or just what the problem was, etc.and as she hurried across the highway...almost out of
So, she pulled off the highway to take a look. She gotbreath...she went up to the first police officer she saw
out of the car and went around to the passenger sideand said, "Hello, officer...my name is Michelle...and that's
to check things out and she saw nothing unusual. So,my car parked over there! I locked myself out of the
she went back to get into the car to continue on hercar; left the engine running and the headlights on, and
way home. There was only one problem. SHEwent off to get help! IS THERE ANYTHING
LOCKED HERSELF OUT OF THE CAR! OOPS!WRONG?
Michelle had a big problem! She also left the engineLife's embarrassing moments! We all suffer from them!
running and the headlights on! WHAT TO DO? SheIf you have an embarrassing incident happen to you,
paced around the car, and couldn't think of anything totry to capture it on paper or on film. As the experts
do, except to break one of the windows to get in! But,say, having the ability to laugh at ourselves, at all the
she didn't want to do that, because her husband wouldcrazy things we all do, CAN BE HEALTHY!