Lagoon Amusement Park was the place to hang-out when I was a
kid. For $10, you could get an all-day
ride pass, and in the summer, we and our friends definitely took advantage of
it. One place to visit at Lagoon was the Haunted
Shack. It was a two-story building with a self-guided walk in the
dark through a maze of rooms, detours to get you lost, and scary workers that
would pop out at you when you least suspected it. It was definitely not my favorite place. On one occasion when I was about 10, I was coaxed
by my brother Doug and another friend into the Haunted shack, but I got
separated from them. As I tried to made
my way through, I keep going in circles and panicked trying to find the way out
to catch up with them. In my tears and
plead for help, a voice in the darkness next to me told me not to worry and introduced himself
to me. It was a man on a date with his
girlfriend who sounded older and knowing, but was probably just in his early twenties. He took my hand and with his date, we traversed
the rooms until he eventually got us out.
I have always remembered the incident as one of kindness when I felt
really alone and afraid.
LESSON LEARNED: Each
of us will be the recipient of an outstretched hand to some desperate outcry in the dark. We will also have opportunities
come our way to reciprocate the favor.
FEEDBACK: WHAT MEMORY
DO YOU HAVE OF RECEIVING GUIDING HELP DURING A TIME YOU WHEN YOU FELT LOST OR
ALONE?
I had an experience like this, when, as a kindergartener I felt lost when dropped off at school too early (by--ahem--my overly on-time grandpa). I remember kneeling to pray on the sidewalk outside my school and a car with two women (who indicated they were already late for a dentist apppintment) stopping and staying with me until I got help.
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