| | I nearly died today.
It was on the LIE, with my junk POS with crappy seat belts...and the
brakes of my car gave way. The Navigator slowed in front of me and my
foot hit the floor, and the car kept moving. And moving...
I'm alive obviously. And very thankful. I was able to react in a timely
and calm manner, remembered about pumping brakes in a non-ABS car and
probably have nailed what was at fault by the time I pulled into the
parking lot behind my building.
Maybe there is a God. Or a Good
God. Or...the fates and Lady Luck decreeded that my time wasn't then
and my place wasn't there. Now in some cars, its survivable. I will
tell you now; with mine I'd have slammed headlong into the glass, body
crushed against the wheel and feet smahed between a seat and the
firewall seperating the passenger cabin from the engine.
It has got me thinking about mortality and the role I've played so far
on what Shakesphere called a "stage." And right now, what happened has
lit a huge bonfire under my ass; telling me to take the role I know I
have to play...instead of waiting for it to come in some silver
platter.
-Ted
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| | Posted 5/9/2005 12:43 AM - 1 view - 2 comments
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