AND WHEN I HAD A MINI-STROKE... I couldnt speak. I didnt know what was happening and I was scared. Nonsense words were barely coming out of my mouth. This was a few days ago. We were at the airport. Id see a word, for instance the word HELLO, written on the wall and Id try to say it. Just gibberish was coming out of mouth. It felt like my throat wasnt connecting somehow to my brain. Id try to explain to Claudia but garbage syllables would spill from me. I turned away and looked at another sign: CHINA and Id try to say it but just grunts. I started to cry because nothing was making sense and I got scared and suddenly very depressed. Claudia said, stop talking. Dont worry. Just come with me. So I stayed silent and we wandered in the zig zag through immigration and then to the lounge and we sat down and relaxed before our plane was going to take off. China, I said. Hello, I said .I can say things now. I dont know what happened. I contacted Dr. Google on my ipad and I dont know what it was. I think it was just stress related. We had a book coming out this week and maybe I was thinking about it. I honestly wanted to have a life-threatening illness but it didnt look like anything no matter how many WebMD pages I looked up. On the plane, Claudia told me she was worried about any turbulence we might face. I told her, Heres what I do. Every atom in my body has been around since the Big Bang, 14 billion years ago. And they will be here 14 billion years from now. So what do they care if there is turbulence? She smiled at me but then put her eyeshades on and went into full recline and disappeared. When there was turbulence I was at first worried but then thought my special Big Bang thought and it COMPLETELY worked. When we landed, I was out fast and through customs because I have a Global Entry card. Claudia was about 30 minutes behind me. Thats not our bag, she said when she looked at the purple bag I had swiped from the carousel. So I walked back but they wouldnt let me back in. I had to walk up to check-in. Its going to be at least two hours before we can get you your bag, the security lady said. At first I was annoyed at myself. I had done so well getting through everything fast and getting my bags and meeting the driver and having everything all set so we could get home fast. Now I had to just sit there and wait for two hours. But I figured, what is the point in getting upset. It wont change anything. I watched the couple arrive whose bag I accidentally took. They were very very agitated. But then they saw their bag and they were happy and they left. I watched other people checking in, getting ready to travel 8000 miles around the world in less than a day. I waited for my bag, Claudia was circling the airport in the car. Eventually my own purple bag came. In business or relationships sometimes you are speechless, some times there is turbulence, sometimes you make mistakes, and often you have to wait. And theres simply nothing you can do. HELLO
Posted on: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 11:56:24 +0000
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