Just when I thought my life was going nowhere, fading into oblivion...

I almost died. It isn't a joke or some lame story. Today, while in the front seat of my friend's car, I almost died. I could have, should have, but didn't. By some miracle of God I walked away from the wrecked car without a scratch.

Adjusting my bag on the car floor, I looked up to see the red light and green arrow and our car make a right turn. As I looked down, I see what should be the end of my existence. A yellow taxi which should have stopped going full tilt and before I can reach out to even try and push the steering wheel right, it connects.

The taxi just battered the front passenger door of my friend's Toyota Camry and the impact is so hard that my side of the car is lifted up and we veer right into the kerb and it seems like the car might just flip and I should thank God for having lived so long. Thankfully there's no one standing there or things would have been worse. The Camry just batters down the street signs and we land with a shuddering thud. Throughout all that, somehow I was and am utterly calm. I have always been prepared to die young. But this? I would not have regretted a thing but it would have been cruel to say the least. My door is so badly dented and smashed that I have to kick it open. And debris lies all around the Camry. A civilian is hit by what must be a piece of glass or metal and is bleeding profusely. I take a step out of the car, wondering if maybe, just maybe that I might already be dead along with all my friends and that this is my spirit taking its first steps.But it isn't.

A day ago I was beating myself up on the lack of purpose in my life and how badly I wanted things to change. Today, I almost had it snatched from me. Somehow, for some reason, God decided to give me a chance. Why? I ask myself why... I haven't done anything great to deserve another shot at life. I can only imagine then, that there is something great that I will do in the future.




If this is forever, then the moment is surely one to savour.