Thankful for what didn't happen today.
I ran over my dog's leg with my car.
The horror of living and re-living that moment is too much to bear. I don't need to go over the details. But more than what happened, what didn't happen and what could have happened continue to haunt me. I didn't run over his head. He is going to be okay. I could have run over one of my kids. I could have killed someone.
How do we deal with the could have's and the didn'ts? At what point does 'taking responsibility for your actions' and 'releasing yourself of blame' come into some kind of meeting point? Can they intersect or are they mutually exclusive?
Tonight my thoughts are with those who have not had the option to deal with this intersection.
