Life's Embarrassing Moments... We All Have Them!

The positive and healing power of humor cannot bethe engine running and the headlights on! WHAT TO
measured! Humor helps to reduce stress, anxiety, andDO? She paced around the car, and couldn't think of
tension and that's why I use humor to get out ofanything to do, except to break one of the windows to
embarrassing situations, and there have been plenty inget in! But, she didn't want to do that, because her
my life! I've eaten plenty of "crow," and have gottenhusband would probably kill her (or worse), for doing
plenty of "egg on my face" too!STOP; LOOK ANDsomething stupid like this! It was cold outside and she
LISTEN! That's the advice I give people if they want tohad to think of something FAST!She looked down the
get more humor into their lives. You have to "stop andhighway, and noticed there were store lights less than
smell the roses," pay attention to the things around you;a mile down the highway, maybe a gas station or
and you have to be a good listener. People ask meconvenience store, she hoped! (this was before cell
where I get my ideas and humor, and the answer isphones) So, she decided the only thing she could do,
always the same: around the home; around the workwas to start walking to use the phone. She figured it
place, and out in the streets, etc. I have two exampleswould take her about 15 minutes to walk to the store
of embarrassing moments I will share with you, and theand call her husband to come and get her, so she she
first one involves being a good listener.My ex-wife hadstarted walking.A few minutes after she left the scene,
a great sense of humor, but she was not a very funnya police officer stopped at her car to check things out!
person most of the time. She rarely came up withWhat he found was sure interesting. An abandoned
anything funny, or if she told a joke, she would usuallycar with the engine running; the doors were locked and
screw it up! That's fine...I can't fault her for that! I screwthe headlights were on! What was the officer to
up most of my jokes, too! But, she shined when shethink...foul play, perhaps? The officer looked all around
told me the following story about what her receptionistthe area, to see if he could see anybody around, but
did at work one day. And, she picked up on this bit ofthere was nobody. So, he called for help for other units
humor because she was LISTENING! When she toldto join in on a search!Meanwhile (back at the ranch), or
me this story, I almost fell over backwards!Humanat the store where Michelle had walked to, she arrived
ServicesThe state Department of Human Servicesand called her husband on the phone. From the phone
(New Mexico), which handles child abuse cases, wasbooth she was calling from, she looked back up the
quite busy on this particular Monday morning. Clientshighway, and noticed flashing lights near her car! The
and attorneys were waiting in the reception area, andworry set in right away, that something had happened
several of the children were in the nursery, and theto her car! She told her husband that she would meet
telephones were ringing off the hook!The receptionisthim at the car, which was less than a mile north of the
had only been on the job for about a week, and as inconvenience store.Worried... Michelle was in a hurry-up
any new job, she was still trying to find her waymode to get back to her car, after seeing the flashing
around, etc. As the morning wore on, the office scenelights! As she walked faster and faster toward her car,
continued to be quite hectic! And, by mid-morning,she noticed more flashing lights, and could hear dogs
things became a little dizzying for her, as she tried tobarking off in the distance, and she didn't know what to
take care of everyone's needs.About noonthink! She then noticed a low flying helicopter with a
time...looking a bit drained and overwhelmed with it all,spotlight shining all over the place. "Who or what could
she was overheard to answer the telephone, "Goodthey be looking for," she thought to herself!Huffing and
morning...Human Cervixes...may I help you?"* * *Anotherpuffing, she continued down the highway, and she
embarrassing incident was told to me by my wife, whoknew something was not right where she left the car!
had a friend named Michelle, and the story goesAs she got closer, there were more flashing lights;
something like this.Stranded!It was about 9:00 in thetraffic backed up; the sound of barking dogs became
evening, on a cold December night, and Michelle waslouder; the helicopter flying low overhead...what could
on her way home from attending a meeting at school.be wrong?After a few minutes, she finally reached the
She was driving on the outskirts of town where shescene, and as she lumbered across the
lived, when she noticed and felt something was nothighway...huffing and puffing...she went up to the first
right with the front end of the car! She didn't know if apolice officer she saw and said, "Hello, officer...my
tire was going to blow out or just what the problemname is Michelle, and that's my car parked over there. I
was, etc.So, she pulled off the highway to take a look.locked myself out; left the engine running and the
She got out of the car and went around to theheadlights on and went for help. Is there anything
passenger side to check things out and she sawwrong?* * *Life's embarrassing moments! We all
nothing unusual. So, she went back to get into the carsuffer from them! If you have an embarrassing incident
to continue on her way home. There was only onehappen to you, try to capture it on paper or on film. As
problem. SHE LOCKED HERSELF OUT OF THEthe experts say, having the ability to laugh at ourselves,
CAR! OOPS! Michelle had a big problem! She also leftat all the crazy things we all do, CAN BE HEALTHY!