I believe it was October – I was driving home at about 6am after a very long night. I was close to home when all suddenly I heard a car horn then opened my eyes just in time to steer my car back in the right direction. I apparently had fallen asleep, turned on a wrong street, and was headed towards parked cars. Crazy right?
The crazy part is how someone just happened to be driving at that time, saw me sleeping, and had the presence of mind to beep his/her horn to wake me up. Also crazy is that I was so tired that I was on a street I had no business on; my house was two streets away.
The moral of that for me (other than not to sleep drive ever again) was that sometimes we’re headed towards trouble without knowing it and the least likely sources can be the ones to help us avoid it. Normally a person honking their horn at you is considered rude…..in this instant it saved my life.
Not getting a job, being dumped, missing a plane, and any other percieved shortcoming can sometimes be a blessing in disguise. Seems like a very cumbaya-ish way of looking at things but that’s what this life is all about – perspective.
I feel right at home with this one. I had a similar experience about two weeks ago. It was about 6AM and I was driving from a succesful surprise b-day party. I was dropping off a friend (who was offered another ride home multiple times but decided that they couldn’t ride with anyone but me) at a distance much farther than I should’ve been traveling, considering how tired I was. I must’ve closed my eyes for no more than five seconds when I felt my car hit the median, sending it swerving back into the street, as I tried to gain control of the wheel & not hit any parked cars. It wasnt until I looked in the rearview mirror and saw the cars behind me almost at a complete stop, that I realized exactly what happened. They must’ve seen the entire incident go down. Luckily there weren’t any cars driving next to me or directly in front or behind. I blew out my two driver-side tires costing me nearly $500 to fix!
The lesson I learned was; stop being so damn nice! Waiting around for people to be courteous after numerous displays of the “kind heart you have” – can get you nowhere – fast. It can also get you a coffin and a beautiful celebration of your homegoing.
Bella*
I just realized how long that post was! Sorry Phell! Lol!
Wow! That is crazy. I’m glad you came out of that alive and only $500 in the hole. Being nice can get you burnt a lot…nothing wrong with being courteous but sometimes you gotta put yourself first ya know.