Have you ever experienced a sudden change? A change that perhaps happens in minutes’ time or maybe in the game of glimpses which could possibly alter your life completely. I believe that these moments of time can probably take us to some beautiful or drastic changes that we might not even suppose ever. Let me grab your nerves to let you know about one of my life experiences. It was the 8th of January and I was turning 18. The eve was not about my turning 18 at all, but it was about that gloomy event. The eve which completely took me to the U-turn of life. It was going perfect with all those surprises and cake-rubbings on my face except for some load shedding issues which are indeed hackneyed kind of thing in our country. Most of my close and even merely known friends were present at the celebration.
I still remember those happy faces with cheerful smiles on them and what else could make the birthday even more blissful. Until the hour hand hit twelve and the date was changed, we all were together and then I started to drop them on my car with full-on music, regardless of the fun fact that I got the driving permission only because of my birthday eve. I dropped everyone except my best friend, Alina. She was the last one to drop.
Watch out! Be late than never
The tragedy of that eve starts from here. It was late at night and I got a call from father, due to high volume I could not attend it. I was driving over the speed limit. Alina said, “better late than never”. I turned towards her, looking at her face over the rim of my glasses, and said “don’t worry, you know how I drive. I’ve got this!”. As usual to a newly learned driver, there was also a strange eagerness in me to drive fast. The car was above 100km/hr and the city road was completely empty. Suddenly, a beggar came in front of crossing the road. I still remember Alina shouting, “Watch Out!”
I became as confused as I could be and did not even think of stepping on breaks. All I did was turning the steering wheel on the opposite side, and BOOOM! the car hit the footpath with a speed of over 100km/h and flipped over the next road. The car rolled twice above the footpath and for a moment it felt like being on a rollercoaster. I was pinch blind during those flips and the only thing I remember was the shouts of Alina and my rolling mind. The car and I were a mess at that time and the beggar ran away, probably because he realized he would get into deep trouble and had not even stayed to help us out. Indeed, I had saved the man’s life, but the car got the tag of RIG (Rest in Garage).
The Scar lesson
A broken left arm, a couple of cracked ribs and a deep would on my right hand, which probably costed me about eighteen stitches, was what it took me to really understand what Alina meant when she told me to slow down. Perhaps after a year or two, I started to drive again. But then on, there were completely different hands on the steering. I became cautious and careful about everything. Till now, whenever I over speed on empty roads, it causes to bring back a flash of that eve. The scar of stitches on my hand tries to tell the same thing that Alina told, “Better late than never”.
This article has a profound lesson of how to attain patience. Amazing life story to read.
Well written with an amazing life tale