The Magical Disappearing Ants

If we live without spiritual awareness that Hashem is deeply involved in our lives, life looks random and senseless. But here’s a story that shows just how much Hashem is communicating with us.

In my parking lot, my car has one spot to the right of it. It’s not used, as the renter doesn’t have a car. To the left of my car is a set of stairs that leads up to someone’s apartment. Now, this parking lot is not an American-style parking lot. There’s no smooth gravel pavement. It’s brick, and uneven bricks at that. Also, on the very left side of my spot, the sidewalk begins. The problem is that the sidewalk runs into what is supposed to be the edge of my parking spot.

I know it sounds confusing, but the point is that when I pull up to my spot, I have to drive over a part of the sidewalk. This is not only annoying, but I have lost air in my tires because of it. Why couldn’t the people that built the sidewalk see that it was running into my parking spot? Well, they probably did, but they obviously didn’t care. Anyhow, I decided to park in the middle of both spots, so I wouldn’t have to drive over the sidewalk every time.

So I did. I figured that the other people didn’t care, since they didn’t have a car and never complained to me. But here’s where the problem started. Out of the blue, I noticed that a trail of massive black ants had started to run along the left side of my entire parking spot. These ants walked all the way along the sidewalk, up to the entrance of my building.

Every time I had to get in and out of the car, I had to be careful to not get attacked by the killer black GMO ants. I was especially bothered because the kids were not as careful as I was, and I was worried that they would get bitten by the ants. The craziest part was that the ant mansion was underneath the other guy’s spot, and so was the hole which they got in and out of.

The owner didn’t live there, and I was too lazy to try and contact him. I just had a feeling that he wouldn’t do anything about it, and I didn’t want to get more aggravated. So I just learned to live with it.

Then, a few months ago, another neighbor complained to me about my parking, because every once in a while, the spot next to mine would be used, and this car would end up partially blocking the entrance to her apartment, which was right off the parking lot. I apologized and explained that I only parked that way because of the problem with the sidewalk, but she didn’t budge. Finally, the owner of our place told me to please park on my own side. Well, alrighty then.

Immediately after parking only in my spot, I realized that the ant problem suddenly got worse. Now, when I had to get in and out of the car, I would be stepping directly in their path. I was not happy about this. Now my chances of getting bitten were even higher. But what could I do? My husband said that we could put some cement and try to make a little ramp on the left side of the spot, but I’ve seen things like this done around here, and it’s so ugly. I just couldn’t do it.

Well, here’s the amazing part. A few weeks after I was consistently parking in my spot, the ants suddenly disappeared. Poof! No more millions of ants running up to the front of my building. I thought it was weird, so I watched it for a few days. I tell you, not one ant came out of that underground mansion. It’s been months, and still nothing.

I realized that Hashem was using the ants to show me that I was guilty of stealing, because I was using another person’s parking spot without his permission! Isn’t that crazy? As soon as I stopped, the ants went away! Only a fool could call that a coincidence.

So you see, Hashem is always watching over us and sending us messages and clues on what we need to fix. It’s up to us to work on improving our spiritual eyesight so we can see His messages clearly. Hopefully, the ants won’t come back after this article gets published. I’d hate to have to say my entire theory was wr-wr-wr-wrong!