Wish I Could See The End Result

I was driving to work this morning on Mokulele Highway. Mokulele, by the way, means airplane (moku=boat; lele=jumping, as in uku-lele) because the first airport on Maui was located in that area. They are doing a lot of road improvements along that 6-mile road, and they have been for several years now. My husband (and many other residents) prefers to bypass the road altogether until they are done. I, on the other hand, like to see the changes going on. Just when you begin to get used to the road going a certain way, they change it and we have a new detour. At the intersection on the Kihei end, there is lots going on. It fascinates me and makes my imagine go wild wondering what they are up to. I wish...I wish...if only I could see the end result now! There is dirt and concrete and asphalt going all kinds of ways, I just am so anxious to see how it will turn out. I bet if I knew how it would turn out, it would make it that much easier to put up with the delays and detours.

Isn't that the way life is too? There are people and circumstances and times in my life that just make me anxious. Delays...detours. Sometimes I just wish I could see the end result. Maybe that would make it easier to live through. Like with my daughter. At one point, she wanted to be an anchor woman on the nightly news. But then she had a brush with the law earlier this year (yes, it's been quite a year), and since then she's wanted to be a Family Court Officer. This is because the lady who took her case was both firm and gentle at the same time, and it moved K. She saw how that lady makes a difference in young people's lives.

But then, life goes on and she does these things that teenagers do, and I just wish I could see the end result. Is she just getting all the experiences in so she knows what she's talking about later on when she actually is a Family Court Officer? She'll be able to say, "oh, yes, I've been there, I've done that. Nothing new to me." And the kids she's helping will go, "wow, she's been through a lot, but she came through it. There must be hope for me.

To think of it that way gives me hope.

A hui hou,
Lisa

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