Need Direction?

Peach, my sister, attended a conference for public speakers last week in Portland.  She was careful to activate her phone's GPS system before she left because she knows finding your way around Portland can be tricky.

Friday was her fourth day to drive from her hotel to the seminary, where the conference was held.  Just to be sure she got there OK, she set the system to give her directions.  The voice said, "Take a left."  After a brief pause she was told that there was a lot of congestion on the freeway, where she was being directed.  She really wanted to take the back roads and avoid the freeway snarls altogether, so she turned right instead.  "Recalculating," said the phone.  Each time she turned, the GPS system tried again to direct her to the freeway.

Later in the day she was telling one of the other conference attendees about her morning trip.  "Did you write it down?" her friend asked.  "That would be a great illustration to share when you're speaking some time.  You could talk about people needing direction in life, or asking for directions, or choosing to ignore directions given...  You need a little notebook that will fit in your purse  Just think of all the illustrations that you can write down that come out of our everyday experiences!"

Peach woke up on Saturday morning dreaming she was working on an outline, trying to figure out how to make the three points of her talk, based on her Friday morning trip, start with the letters G, P, and S!