Knocking on wood!

It’s a cliché, but when they say it was a night not fit for cats or dogs, they were thinking about this night. The intermittent rain made it tough to see out the window. On top of that, my car lights did little to help light up the road, even though the lights coming in the other direction strained my eyes. Go figure. 

It was just a miserable night. 

I can’t blame the night though, or even being tired. It was my own dumb fault. 

The best of luck

I pulled up to the stop sign and waited for oncoming traffic. I watched as the first car came and then another. Once the second car passed, I pulled out. Unfortunately, I never saw the car behind him. I’m not sure how I missed him. He or she was right there. 

As soon as I saw him, though, I knew I was in the wrong. I was in no-man’s land. I had two choices: I could try to pull to the side of the road and make a bigger mess of things than I had already created, or I could gun my engine, speed up, and try to avoid getting hit. 

I sped ahead and, fortunately for me, the driver must have seen me and let up on the gas. In another situation, on another night, it most certainly would’ve been a crash. The other car wasn’t going too fast so it wouldn’t have been a major wreck, but it still would’ve caused a lot of hassle and, who knows, possibly injury to myself or someone else.

The luck of the draw

In any event, as soon as I could breathe again, I realized how lucky I had been. It was like I stepped into a dark muddy puddle and landed in a pot of gold. I was headed toward a dark place and Lady Luck stepped in and gave me a new roll of the dice.

I consider myself a pretty good driver. We all think that right, but this time I would’ve definitely been in the wrong. Has this ever happened to you, where you know you’re at fault? 

A string of good luck

I’m lucky something worse didn’t happen. Despite my luck, the near crash stuck with me. I couldn’t get it out of my head for the next several days.  I prefer to think that fate, karma, or God saved me.

Whatever happened, I was lucky. How many times each day are we lucky in our lives? I have no idea, but all this week, I’ve been counting my lucky stars.