It only took 6 seconds of a beautiful Friday afternoon for my life to change. I would have never thought such a short amount of time would place this much of an impact on my life. The first collision occurred in the middle of the 405 N freeway when a car to the far right lane and I decided to merge into the same lane. Not the best idea. The first vehicle hit my back right passenger door which ended up projecting me into vehicle two. The second impact caused my car to travel in a 360-degree matter. While spinning, vehicle number 3 came into contact with the left panel of my car. Mind you at this point all that is rushing through my head is, “Am I going to come out alive?” My hands placed firmly on the steering wheel right at 10 and 2, my surrounding
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Before I even had the chance to look up and see where my car landed that’s when it happened. The motorcyclist drove into my engine, barely missing me by a few inches, at 70 mph. His body flew off his bike, landed on my windshield, broke the glass, and then he rolled off the car and onto the cement. I looked down and I was completely fine. No broken bones. No scratches. No bruises. Nothing. I was alive. I immediately gathered my thoughts together, kicked my passenger door open and ran to the motorcyclist who was unconscious on the floor. I went to see if he was alive and breathing. His helmet was on and covering his face. I could only see his eyes from the visor opening. I took a brief look around and a majority of the cars had stopped and got out to help. Minutes after the incident the ambulance, police, and fire department were already on scene. They carried the motorcyclist into the ambulance and that was the last time I would ever see him again. I didn’t even have the chance to see his face, just his blue-gray sparkling …show more content…
My car that I had just finished paying off after four years of working for the family business and part-time at the office salon. But the material good had no meaning to me. Instead, on this day I gained much more. I learned that I should not wait for a tragedy to realize that I matter. Death is scarier for friends and family than it is for the dying. Believe it or not, I was never scared when I was spinning in the middle of the freeway. I did not fear death. When I thought I was going to die, I felt at peace. But for my family and friends, this experience was terrifying. This brought out the biggest lesson to me that my fight to live wasn’t for my own life, it was for my mom, my dad, my brother, my family, my best friends, the stranger that I helped on that random day. I fight for them. In addition, on this day I also realized that my greatest asset was my mind. I could’ve been severely injured. I contemplated quite a bit about what would have happened if I lost an arm or a leg. I came to the conclusion that I would’ve been fine but if there were anything to happen to the functionality of my brain, I would have been disappointed due to the severity of the loss. My mind and self-awareness are my greatest resources. My inner world creates my outer world and I am the root of my success and the route to my triumph. I understood what my strengths and weaknesses are as I accept my shortcomings and take the time to learn and absorb rather than dwell. I
Before I even had the chance to look up and see where my car landed that’s when it happened. The motorcyclist drove into my engine, barely missing me by a few inches, at 70 mph. His body flew off his bike, landed on my windshield, broke the glass, and then he rolled off the car and onto the cement. I looked down and I was completely fine. No broken bones. No scratches. No bruises. Nothing. I was alive. I immediately gathered my thoughts together, kicked my passenger door open and ran to the motorcyclist who was unconscious on the floor. I went to see if he was alive and breathing. His helmet was on and covering his face. I could only see his eyes from the visor opening. I took a brief look around and a majority of the cars had stopped and got out to help. Minutes after the incident the ambulance, police, and fire department were already on scene. They carried the motorcyclist into the ambulance and that was the last time I would ever see him again. I didn’t even have the chance to see his face, just his blue-gray sparkling …show more content…
My car that I had just finished paying off after four years of working for the family business and part-time at the office salon. But the material good had no meaning to me. Instead, on this day I gained much more. I learned that I should not wait for a tragedy to realize that I matter. Death is scarier for friends and family than it is for the dying. Believe it or not, I was never scared when I was spinning in the middle of the freeway. I did not fear death. When I thought I was going to die, I felt at peace. But for my family and friends, this experience was terrifying. This brought out the biggest lesson to me that my fight to live wasn’t for my own life, it was for my mom, my dad, my brother, my family, my best friends, the stranger that I helped on that random day. I fight for them. In addition, on this day I also realized that my greatest asset was my mind. I could’ve been severely injured. I contemplated quite a bit about what would have happened if I lost an arm or a leg. I came to the conclusion that I would’ve been fine but if there were anything to happen to the functionality of my brain, I would have been disappointed due to the severity of the loss. My mind and self-awareness are my greatest resources. My inner world creates my outer world and I am the root of my success and the route to my triumph. I understood what my strengths and weaknesses are as I accept my shortcomings and take the time to learn and absorb rather than dwell. I