an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury
Accidents happen. It's one of those things nobody can predict, and it's what happened to me tonight.
I was riding a bus for home from a gettogether when the Cher Bus i was riding got hit from behind. I was sitting at the front so the jarring effect of the crash was lesser. I went into a bit of a panic mode when my glasses got knocked out of me, but luckily i was able to find it with the help of the passenger in front of me. Losing my eyeglasses is one of my great fears, and that moment when i couldn't find my glasses immediately was a nightmare come to life. It is kind of funny though because Al and I were talking about this very thing a few hours before the incident. She did suggest I get a spare, and after tonight's unfortunate event, i may have to do just that.
Here, now, sitting in front of my laptop in the safety of my own house, I'm still a little bit shell-shocked about the whole thing. I think my brain is still trying to function on auto pilot. i feel a little twinge in my neck from the accident, but other than that, i seem to be physically unharmed. The psychological repercussions still have not kicked in.
Experiences such as this ground you, making you realize that despite all the BS in the world, you really want to live after all. It also makes you value all the things you normally take for granted in your life no matter how mundane they seem to be.
One can never really know when an accident will come their way, but it certainly serves its purpose of a sort of wake-up call and makes you just glad to still be alive to see the sun rise again the next day.
So if you have something you needed to say or a thing you needed to do but keep putting it off, I suggest you do it now. Carpe diem. Grab the bull by the horn. Like the song goes, there's no day but today! Go on out there and live! Don't let accidents give you a jarring wake-up call first.