While I was driving from Myrtle Beach to Liberty I passed through towns that weren't even towns anymore. Ninety percent of the drive is on two lane back-roads. You drive through what you think are speed traps but the fact is that the road actually turns into some small town's main street and you have to drive 15 mph just to be safe.
There was about a 25 mile section I drove on that is a real 4 lane freeway. What kept my attention the entire drive was all the construction I passed. They are building a four lane freeway and I got to see every stage.
I got to see where the pavement ends and turns into dirt. Some areas where they were just starting to cut down all the trees and clear off the land. Some areas had the huge earth movers and mounds of dirt.
There were a few creaks and rivers that they had started building across. In some areas you wouldn't be able to tell where anything was going if it wasn't for the fact that the houses were empty and they had little red flags marking were they would be doing construction soon.
As I was driving along I was getting a headache thinking about how much work had to be done to pave the way down to the beach. How much work had to go into building a freeway.
The years it takes to get all of the plans passed (passing the Bill to raise the money to build the freeway). Then you have to buy all of the land and houses if they are in your path.
I thought about all of the work that went into building across the creaks and rivers. Some areas you have to bring in dirt, some areas you have to use dynamite to remove dirt.
Everything I just mentioned is thought about and planned out in advance. I thought about how the real problems arise when things come up that you didn't expect, things that you can't plan for until they happen.
Some things you just don't know about until you are in the middle of them and you realize this wasn't part of the plan. "What are we going to do now?"
I thought about all of the times I had been in the middle of some thing and things came up and I thought that . . . . "what am I going to do now?"
Some things you just don't know about until you are in the middle of them and you realize this wasn't part of the plan. "What are we going to do now?"
"The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry" was a quote I remember hearing while growing up. It would be years later when I was in construction before I knew what that meant.
As I was driving alone seeing this freeway being built, I kept thinking of that quote. You can't spend years getting a Bill passed to build a freeway, buy up properties and drawing up plans, then quit in the middle of construction because a problem comes up you didn't plan on.
You can't have 5 or 6 miles of road completed, run into an obstacle and say . . . we'll just move the freeway over a mile. You have to deal with whatever comes up.
When I was finishing up my trip and was able to get back on the main freeway I said "God bless everyone and anyone who had anything to do with getting this freeway built."
It will be there for years and years, for generations and generations to come to enjoy and benefit from.
My family will be able to enjoy what I am building now with Endless Possibilities for generations to come. The books and programs I am putting together will be able to enhance the lives of others for generations to come.
I've had my share of obstacles to contend with just (like building a freeway). "The best-laid plans of mice and men may often go awry" but we don't have to!
Until we meet again, keep a smile on your face, me in
your prayers and God in your heart.
As always, your comments are welcomed.
Have a better than Outstanding Day!
Brian