April 5, 2010 - Your One Of A Kind Elton

Background - On Saturday, April 3, I was driving alone in the car and the Elton John song “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” came on. For the first time, in all the times of hearing that song, I really listened to the words. When Elton sang

                “Maybe you’ll get a replacement”
              “there’s plenty like me to be found"

I had to laugh and said out loud to the empty seats “I doubt that Elton. There’s hardly plenty like you to be found. Your definitely one of a kind!”. Realizing that I was once again talking to myself, I looked at the cars next to me to make sure no one had seen me jabbering away to an empty seat and, satisfied that I had avoided at least one embarrassing moment today, quietly enjoyed the end of the song.

S.C.O.U.T. - On Monday I attended my regular spinning class with our fun, bubbly instructor Kim. Class got underway and about three songs into the class I was amused to hear her play for the first time ever (I’ve taken her class for three years now), “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”. It struck me as odd that I was hearing this oldie but goodie twice in two days and that, not only had I heard this blast from the past just the other day, but really paid attention to the lyrics and what they might mean. Was this a S.C.O.U.T.? At that moment I realized that this whole idea of strange timing was silly. I was reaching and most likely turning all of these events into something they weren’t. This was just a coincidence and it was ridiculous to read more into it. I dismissed it, vowed to keep my over-active imagination in check and focused on working up a sweat.
      
                 "Maybe you'll get a replacement"
               "There's plenty like me to be found"

Just then, Kim lifted her head and said to the class...
                                                   
             "Plenty like you Elton?  I doubt that"
                "Your definately one of a kind!"

Now that's a S.C.O.U.T.!!!  Was is it an echo of my thoughts?  Or was God, the universe, or the "powers that be" playing a little joke on me while trying to tell me there's way more to this existence than meets the eye?  One things for sure... whoever, or whatever is responsible for all this has a wicked sense of humor!