Got somewhat involved in a car accident yesterday. I was turning off at an intersection, in heavy rain, and as I turned, I lost control of my car, causing it to swerve wildly around the road. I'm not sure how I felt about the whole thing, throughout that ordeal, I was wrenching with the steering wheel and my only thought was of trying to regain control of the car.
I hit something behind me.
I came off lucky - a dent near one of the rear tyres, and one of the indicator lights on the other car put out. We exchanged contact details and were on our way. I came into work, and spent the time reflecting on what could have happened. Although it was a minor bump, it shook the idea that I always have total control of my car - and by extension, my life. Things happen sometimes that are simply beyond your control, and those kinds of things you want to minimise. It was also a stark reminder of my mortality. I am not invincible, and am vulnerable like others. I only have one life, so it's not like in a game where I can just do a corpse run from a graveyard back to my body.
We only have one life, so we have to give it our all - my friend put it succintly. If we only have one life, so why fear things? You'll end up simply missing out on life.
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