Near-fatal car accidents.
Self-reflection.
Priorities.
What do they all have in common? Well, at least for me, they helped me with gaining perspective.
April 14, 2010 is a day I will never forget.
Having made an “it’s about time” exit from winter, spring was amongst us. And the grass in my lawn was screaming, “give me a haircut”!
With no gas in my shed to show for, I decided to go to the nearest gas station to get some. So, a friend and I jumped into my car and headed out.
But my grass never ended up getting mowed that day.
What did happen that day was that I ended up with seven broken ribs, a punctured lung, a fractured spine and a severed spleen.
You see, on the way to getting the gas, a tractor-trailer decided to run a red light and subsequently, run into my car, going about 70 miles per hour.
My car didn’t make it, but, miraculously, both my friend and I did.
Actually, we survived by about a half second or less, according to the police officer who came to visit me in the hospital. The tractor-trailer hit the front of my car, spinning us several times into a nearby ravine. Another half second or less, he would have hit me dead-on at my driver’s side door, which would have killed us both instantly.
After my car stopped spinning, by hitting a fence in the ravine, I remember, although I had difficulty breathing, thinking, “Thank you God, I’m alive”.
I also thought, “I’m in some serious pain. I think I’ll just rest here until the ambulance arrives”.
No such luck.
Click link below for full article:
http://www.growinvirtue.com/gaining-perspective/
Self-reflection.
Priorities.
What do they all have in common? Well, at least for me, they helped me with gaining perspective.
April 14, 2010 is a day I will never forget.
Having made an “it’s about time” exit from winter, spring was amongst us. And the grass in my lawn was screaming, “give me a haircut”!
With no gas in my shed to show for, I decided to go to the nearest gas station to get some. So, a friend and I jumped into my car and headed out.
But my grass never ended up getting mowed that day.
What did happen that day was that I ended up with seven broken ribs, a punctured lung, a fractured spine and a severed spleen.
You see, on the way to getting the gas, a tractor-trailer decided to run a red light and subsequently, run into my car, going about 70 miles per hour.
My car didn’t make it, but, miraculously, both my friend and I did.
Actually, we survived by about a half second or less, according to the police officer who came to visit me in the hospital. The tractor-trailer hit the front of my car, spinning us several times into a nearby ravine. Another half second or less, he would have hit me dead-on at my driver’s side door, which would have killed us both instantly.
After my car stopped spinning, by hitting a fence in the ravine, I remember, although I had difficulty breathing, thinking, “Thank you God, I’m alive”.
I also thought, “I’m in some serious pain. I think I’ll just rest here until the ambulance arrives”.
No such luck.
Click link below for full article:
http://www.growinvirtue.com/gaining-perspective/
