Bang! A loud crash split the silence, and I felt myself being hurled towards the windscreen in front of me. Then, my mind went blank . I woke at the sound of screaming and chaos.
It was a bright Sunday morning. I woke up and had my breakfast. My family and I were planning on going out since it was New Years Eve. As they were planning on the destination, I had a sudden headache. I tried to ignore the pain but it kept getting worst.
I then decided to go out to get some pain killers. When I was going back home, I picked up my cell phone to call a friend which I usually do most of the time. We both talked for a few minutes. As I was coming down over a hill when all of a sudden the car in front of me had made a sudden stop. I instantly collided with the car and crashed with a sickening crunch of metal.
All I remember hearing was the rumbling of crushing metal . Needless to say my beloved car that I had worked so hard had been totalled.
I was unconscious and found myself in front of my car despite when all the airbags were deployed. My front windscreen was smashed and the drivers window was broken. I was hearing voices in my head. As I looked around, I saw a firefighter behind me telling me that everything was going to be okay and that he needed me to stay calm.
In a short distance, I begin to see red and blue lights coming. I was ushered into an ambulance and taken to a hospital to get some scans and X-rays. All I can remember was the nauseating feeling of the speeding ambulance. The reality of the crash seemed to hit me as I arrived at the emergency room. After the scan, the doctor came in and told me that I was lucky enough to be alive as there were no internal bleeding or damaged organs. I emerged from shock at the hospital to see my mother and father staring at me, worry written all over their faces. My mother looked as if she was going to faint.
After number of days in the hospital, I was discharged with a neck-brace and some prescription medicines. The doctor told me to take it easy while my injuries recover. The next few days I spend absolutely nothing. I was too tired and sick to go anywhere but not sick enough to evade boredom. Therefore I sat in bed, frustrated with my current situation. Instead of complaining and evaluating of what had happened and think what God might wanted me to learn from the crash. I told myself thoroughly convinced that this had been an arbitrary act on God’s part and indignant that it happened to me. I couldn’t imagine life without my car and hated the idea of being chauffeured by my parents, or brother. Plus the spasms in my neck were really getting on my nerves. I couldn’t imagine that I had done anything to deserve the extremely annoying situation I now found myself in.
Furthermore, I started to examine my situation. The more I examine the accident, the more I uncovered the hidden lessons. These lesson that I uncovered shows that I should appreciate the fact that I had the privilege owning a brand new car or being thankful that only my car was totalled not myself and most importantly an appreciation of Gods love for me. It was truly a miracle that I am still alive. Moreover I also thanked God that my accident served a lesson to my brother.
I recovered quickly, thank God, and by the end of the week I was driving again, albeit cautiously. But my experience had revamped my connection with God and my appreciation for all the things I had taken for granted, like my car and my health. I regret the fact that it took a car accident to awaken me to all the blessings in my life, but it did the trick. I still keep my neck brace as a reminder that God does miracles, both big and small, for me every day. And whenever I feel myself becoming entitled or unappreciative, I open my closet door and stare at my neck brace and remind myself of what a wonderful gift it is to be alive, healthy, and happy.
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