"Blinded by the light. . . "

Rick came too close for his comfort to a lightening bolt last night. He took the golf cart up to the gate to lock it. Just as he finished locking the gate and was turning back to the golf cart CRACK!!  A quick, zapping bolt of lightening struck a tree 50' to his side. The light was blinding and he could feel the heat from the lightening, as well as smell it. The bolt hit a tree and the tree exploded. It definitely was an adrenalin booster for Rick and as he said, a number eleven on the pucker scale. I have never seen him so shaken up and that includes close calls with rattlers. The whole episode has me thinking. We tend to think we are massively complicated, intricate and strong, but in reality we are extremely fragile. Everything can be halted by a random act in a split second.