Last night, I was lying on my bed reading my Newsweek magazine. It was around 11pm and all was calm and serene. I was very much enjoying the solitude. Seldom do I get some time for myself.
Suddenly, I heard a very loud screeching of car tyres. At that split second, the first thought in my mind was, " Oh please don't let this be an accident!". The moment the thought flashed past, I heard a very loud bang. What the...
I rushed to my window and there, in front of me at the road was a taxi that was obviously banged. But that didn't catch my attention. What caught my attention was a crowd that was forming in the bushes opposite the road. I saw no mangled car in the bushes. I thought to myself, "Oh crap, that is a very long distance from the crashed taxi to the bushes. I see no mangled car and it could only mean one thing, in the bushes was either a person or a person with a motorbike." That is hell lot of a crash. The distance was about 50m away! I was literally stunned. I stood there aghast.
The next moment I found myself praying to God that let no lives be lost. Apparently it was a very serious accident and soon, ambulance, fire engines and police cars came. At that moment, I just stood there and watched the drama unfold. I couldn't see what was happening in the bushes but my imagination just ran wild. Never in my life have I came across an accident of such magnitude.
What if the person was me? What if it was my family or any of my loved ones? What if it was my friend? Life is so unpredictable. One moment ago I was lying on my snuggy bed and the next moment, I am caught so aback. I know not the person involved but the very pain of his or her parents, wife or husband, children... I felt it. It was uncomfortable. I started to fear. I feared because I realised how much in my life is left undone and any day any moment, death would just come looking for me. I realised how weak I am. I realised how many people I can't bear to leave...
I fully understood the meaning of a life changing moment. It was a life changing moment for many I believed. It was an experience that pierced right into me, reminding me of the many things I have yet to do. Time is not on our side, we've got to treasure what we have because any moment, every thing will change.
This incident allowed me to prod even deeper. I asked myself once again what in the world am I here for. Indeed, many are still out there not knowing who my Father is. Indeed, much is left undone. I am once again reminded about the goal in my life, something I have fail to visit nowadays when I am in army. There is no time to lose, I've got to keep on going...
Really, life is just a mockery. Things happen as when they happen. The randomness is what causes so much pain and misery. Yet, it is this very unpredictable pattern in life that makes this life of ours so interesting. Such a mockery, such an irony...