Mietzke's POST Holden Adventure

A fat toad lumbered across the darkened path. I almost stepped on her, but I caught the faint hint of movement from the corner of my eye. I bent down in the dark and picked up the toad gently and looked at its shining eyes in the moonlight. Then I sent her on her way a little further off the path and she crawled slowly into the bushes and out of sight. What I saw in the toad in that short glimpse was patient persistence, something I lack at times in my own life. She took my picking her up in stride and when I set her down went on her way once again continuing her journey undaunted by the unexpected. The unexpected always throws me for a loop and it takes time to walk through my confusion. It might be easier just to be a Toad.