I was walking down the hall at work on a mission and one of my colleagues stopped me in my tracks – she asked me what model car I drove, then she confirmed the color, and proceeded to tell me that she thinks she hit my car in the parking lot.

As you can imagine, she was a little shaken and apprehensive about my reaction. She expressed how sincerely sorry she was, and as a working mom herself– she said understood how much of an inconvenience this would be for me. I told her it was okay – its just a car – and it’ll be fine – and I meant it. It was not a big deal for me – it just wasn’t.

As we walked to the car, I told her that I had done something similar about a year ago.  My mirror brushed another car’s mirror when I was backing into a parking space at work.  I left a note on the car with my contact information and discovered the car was owned by one of my colleagues.  She was very gracious and told me not to worry about it, she would not even consider taking my insurance information.  I remembered that grace and knew it was clearly my responsibility to give it back.

Ultimately, the damage to my car was not significant, it was drivable and all the parts were intact!  When situations happen, you have to really decide how serious it is. In light of everything that is happening in our lives, in our communities, in our country and in the world – perspective is everything.

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