I had made it safe and as sound (well as sound as I ever get) through an earlier hailstorm where golf-ball-sized hail bounced off my car and my pagan friends who were out dancing in the deluge, to welcome Spring. Dents and dings were the worst any of us suffered … except for the gaggle of wet women who were giggling and worrying about their cars and their wet underwear.

No one was grounding or really very able to concentrate upon the class we were taking, "Balancing our Chakras". But once the din of the hail dimmed we tried to continue on with class. Finally we gave up a little early as we heard about approaching tornados from friends who called to tell us to go home.

Most of us did not have far to travel but I needed to go clear across the city … about a 40-minute drive in good weather. I was not really
worried as I drive a small SUV and it gets through almost anything.
The rain was intense and the roads were flooded in some areas but the streets were generally clear and drivable. Something told me to go through the city and NOT to take the expressway … I almost ALWAYS listen to that little something. Good thing too!

So I was driving along and I hear this voice shouting (yes shouting) in my head, "Pull off the road over at that Steak and Shake and get under the awning." And I try to think logically and say to myself, "Oh I will be fine, I will get home ok."

That voice screams, "Get off the road NOW! Don't wait, pull over at that Steak and Shake." So I pull over and just as I pull up next to the building the next deluge of hail starts raining down. The voice tells me to, "stay there … do NOT drive home yet."

I try to logic it out and say the storm is subsiding I will be ok. I hear a definite, "NO" in my head.

So I tune the radio to a station that has storm coverage and in a couple of minutes I hear that there are 90 MPH winds being reported by a "trained spotter" (whatever that is) at 34th and High School Road area … right where I would have been driving had I NOT pulled over at that Steak and Shake. The radio says golf-ball-sized hail, 90 mile an hour winds and flooded roads … exactly where I SHOULD have been if I had kept driving.

I was safe and sound, under the Steak and Shake drive up window awning … watching hail and winds swirl all around me.

Some of you might doubt those little voices you hear in your heads … and some of you SHOULD ignore those voices you hear … but for most of us, we hear warnings when we need to hear them … if our ears and eyes are open.

I am grateful for those voices that guide me on a daily basis … that I listen to them and not the people who tell me they are meaningless … that they warn me and keep me safe when I am not smart enough to come in out of the rain on my own.

I don't know about you … but I am glad to have the Gods as my co-pilots.

Colleen Kelly