MacGyver Moments

On a recent trip to Cincinnati, OH, myself and two of my friends did our best MacGyver impressions.

Yes, the gentleman on the roof has a boot on from a partially torn Achilles’ tendon - it is his truck and he locked the keys inside.

I took this picture before walking to the passenger side door where I could visually guide the portable tent pole that we used to move the lock on the drivers side - if you think that is comical it gets better, we used a skateboard to pry the window back for the tent pole to slide into the truck.

Surprisingly, the plan worked and we had the door open in about 15 minutes.

We had incentive to finish quickly because the food we ordered earlier at the cafe had just come out of the kitchen - funny what a fresh burger will do for a man’s imagination.

As I laughed at this picture afresh today, the the thought came to me of starting with what we have rather than waiting till circumstances are perfect to begin.

Personally, my tendency is to plan things out from beginning to end and manage the changes as they come. I don’t get uptight if things do change, and tend to be pretty flexible and calm as they do. However, my problem is that it takes awhile to begin, and there are opportunities missed in time that I can not recover.

Seeing this hysterical scenario play out was a brilliant reminder to me that sometimes, you just need to start where you are. The big dreams or plans we have for the future may still happen, but it is good to engage and let the memories come as they may.

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