Third Week of Advent

There is a dawning sense of panic when you have been confidently driving in a certain direction and realise you might be lost. You think that you have been here before – but only in the past 10 minutes. You are going round in circles. The first reaction is to think all is well and the buildings must look similar, and so you press on. But there is a growing feeling that you are lost, and then a certain stubbornness can grow, and you think it will be all right soon, when you arrive at the next village or turn of the road. Finally, you stop and check the map, and you realise you have no idea where you are. You really are lost.