Divine Intervention

A few nights ago my roommate and the neighbors we share a wall with got into a noise argument via hitting the wall to retaliate at one another. It got quite nasty (this had been escalating for 5 months), and I could not help but feel annoyed and frustrated. I wanted no part of that situation and didn't condone either party's behavior. I felt quite emotional, which immediately led me to anger. I wanted to storm into my roommate's room and yell at her for her childish behavior. However, I knew that wouldn't solve anything, and I wanted to speak to her in a rational manner.

With conflicting schedules, we wouldn't end up actually seeing each other for a couple of days after the incident.There had been an exchange of voice mails between the two of us, and I was looking forward to clearing the air and to making sure her hitting the wall would not be happening anymore.

I turned to my faith to give me strength and help me stay calm when I would sit down and talk with my roommate later that evening. I decided to go to Saturday evening mass. At the sign of the peace, I turned to shake the couple's hand behind me and to my surprise, the couple that happened to be behind me were my neighbors. I looked up and slightly shook my head, if there was ever a time to believe in divine intervention this was it.

I took them sitting behind me as a sign that this was God's way of showing me I should be the one to talk with our neighbors and apologize to them regarding my roommate's behavior. I muscled up my strength at the end of the mass and introduced myself to them. I was relieved to have a pleasant conversation with them. I was thankful that I had the courage to approach them. I felt so much better after that moment and the anger I had felt slipped away.

I am grateful for God to intervene in that moment, and I like to think I handled that moment with my neighbors like a lady. This has motivated to restart my becoming a lady project.