Closer than you Think

The funniest thing happened to me today.

I waited a week for the garbage disposal man to finally show up.  The problem began exactly a week ago when I cooked.  I turned the garbage disposal on to clean up the evidence, and nada. I got nothing.

I proceeded to do the usual tricks I’ve been taught. I found the metal screw thing and twisted the top of the disposal with all my might. Nothing happened.

Then I found a reset button underneath the garbage disposal. I pressed it. Again. And again just in case.  Nope, nothing.

I reset the entire electrical system in the house in case a breaker had gone off.

You guessed it. Nothing.

So I finally called the 1-800 number on the garbage disposal unit. Turns out the unit was still under warranty. I got a local number for a fix it man and waited. I waited one whole week to be precise.

The man who showed up looked smart and distinguised. He knelt beneath the sink and got to work.

Five minutes later he assured me the disposal was working just fine. The problem was not the disposal but possibly the electrical unit in the wall.

I sensed my growing frustration. I’d now have to call the electric guy and I didn’t want to do that. Last time he came over to fix something he asked me out and, well, I didn’t want to hurt his feelings again (I know, I’m so sensitive).

I dialed his number and waited. As the phone rang I noticed that the battery on the land-line was low, and it was in that precise instance that I had my epiphany, my aha moment, my eureka minute!!

The garbage disposal man witnessed it. Though later he would lose his admiration for me when I refused to pay him, but that’s another story.

Meanwhile, I tried my brilliant idea:  I reset the electrical socket nearest to the garbage disposal switch….it worked!!!

It worked! I mean it really worked!

I was ecstatic.

And I realize something else: the answers to most of my problems are right underneath my nose. I huff and I puff and sometimes I blow the house down,  and I wait a week for a smart looking guy to show up and try to figure things out for me.  I get frustrated when he can’t, when all along the answer is right under my very nose.

Stop looking for answers here and there and everywhere.

The answers are closer than you think!

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