"The Lost Bus" - A Man Forgets Himself, Saves Himself

 This year we get the film version of the 2018 Paradise, California wildfire, the worst in the state's history. That's "The Lost Bus." 

Almost 100 people died. But none of them are the elementary-school children and the teacher on Kevin McKay's school bus. Or, the driver McKay. 

In doing what it took to save them, McKay saves himself. It's the age-old spiritual saga of getting out of yourself to find yourself. That dates way back to the Prayer for Peace of St. Francis of Assisi and to the more recent Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Since his teenage years when he couldn't sort out his relationship with his father, McKay has "gone lost." His marriage breaks up. He and his own teenage son can't connect. He can barely survive financially on driving a school bus. And he isn't doing all that great in the job. A tipping point in his despair is that he has to put down his cancer-ridden dog. 

Then the fire in the Paradise area breaks out and takes on a life of its own. McKay volunteers to transport a group of children from their school to where their parents can pick them up. Immediately he begins shaking off the loser vibe and embracing purpose. 

He mandates that the teacher Mary come along to manage the chilren. He deviates from the planned route to one which might actually work. He becomes innovative. And along the journey he can accept and release the pain of the past. 

For this little group, unlike many other members of the community, things end well. McKay walks tall - literally. And not because of the aura of being a kind of hero. He knows he isn't his pain. He can transcend that to operate effectively in the now. Yes, he and his son re-unite.

In tarot readings much of the suffering I bear witness to is that of people who fled inside themselves when hitting some bumps in life. They achieve a kind of splendid isolation, reliving the trauma over and over again. Usually blaming others. The irony is that there is a way out if they just step out of the self. 

The Lover's card in the tarot isn't necessarily about the intimacy of romance. It can symbolize the difficulty and the joy of being able to connect with other human beings. 

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