This morning, as Kaleb and I were going on our stroll around the city, I kept running into spider webs hanging from the trees.
This scene happens often, especially after a rainstorm.
Well, this morning was no exception.
As Kaleb was walking ahead of me, enjoying the different smells, finding areas to conquer, I was busy trying to avoid the spider webs hanging from the top of the trees. Each web had a worm hanging from it, which made it easier to locate.
However, even with identifying markers such as worms or loose leaves hanging from the webs, some were still difficult to locate.
Not all were hanging directly down without any movement.
Depending on where we were, wind played a factor.
As we were walking near the highway, the wind from passing cars would swing the webs back and forth, making it very difficult to avoid.
Reminded me of a scene from “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story,” where the coach explains from his wheelchair the five D's of dodgeball: “Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive and Dodge.”
Well, I was doing exactly that, with the exception of diving across the sidewalks 😂
As I got closer to home and was able to walk on the road, away from the trees with spider webs, I began to think about the concept of obstacles and how some truly were unavoidable.
No matter how much I wanted to control my walking experience with Kaleb, I still kept running into spider webs.
“What could I control then?” I asked myself internally.
“How I respond to the circumstances.”
I could have easily due to the discomfort of being covered in spider webs and worms crawling all over my shirt, let the circumstances impact my attitude for the rest of the day.
Instead, I chose to look at it all as a learning experience.
An opportunity to recognize that I have a choice in how I proceed with the rest of the day despite the early form of adversity.
