hi foo, i can relate to that - i had a serious car crash that should have killed me - at the time i was headed 'down the wrong road'!! i got the message - even though it resulted in my not having a materially prosperous life - it has been a spiriutally rich one since then... now the only thing that 'concerns' me are the people around me who are on the wrong road as well - it is a painful awakening if it is orchestrated the way you have described and in my case - and with time getting 'short' - some of my loved ones are headed for that experience - perhaps? i do not try to persuade them about any of my beliefs - i just live my life and hope they see the example of it working (as i recall you are fond of saying?) - but it is hard to watch them suffer - even when you know they have to somehow! with love, kathy - no more frying pans for me thanks all the same higher self/universe!