that completely changed you and the way you think about your life? Last Sunday, John and I pretty much fought all day. He wanted to go somewhere and I wanted to go somewhere else was what it came down to. Well, we came to the solution that we'd take John's grandpa to visit his brother-in-law who he hadn't seen in awhile and go to pick up a motorcycle that John had been storing at his house. We still weren't really happy with each other at that point though. So we headed out, and a few miles down the road we were stopped. There had been a motorcycle wreck, and they blocked off the road for the emergency vehicles. We had a huge truck and 16 ft. trailer and this is a fairly small road, so while John was trying to figure out how to get us out of there, I sat and watched what was going on at the scene. I wanted to look away, but I just couldn't. The motorcycle was in pieces, and the man and his wife were lying on the grass by the side of the road. The man had obviously passed away, and I couldn't see enough to tell if the woman was still living. But in that moment I realized... it had just been an ordinary day for them. Maybe they had fought with each other that day, maybe they didn't have a chance that day to tell each other how much they loved them.
We sat there for maybe 5 minutes but it was enough for me to realize just how short life is... how you never know if this is the last hug you will give to the one you love.
Since then, I haven't let myself get angry with John. If we start arguing about anything, I just think about the accident and I just tell John "you know what? this is stupid, it's pointless to argue about nothing", and I go and kiss him and walk away for a little while. He might still be upset but after a few minutes of processing what just happened, he's fine.
I just had to share this story. Does anyone else have stories of how one event completely changed how you view your life?
We sat there for maybe 5 minutes but it was enough for me to realize just how short life is... how you never know if this is the last hug you will give to the one you love.
Since then, I haven't let myself get angry with John. If we start arguing about anything, I just think about the accident and I just tell John "you know what? this is stupid, it's pointless to argue about nothing", and I go and kiss him and walk away for a little while. He might still be upset but after a few minutes of processing what just happened, he's fine.
I just had to share this story. Does anyone else have stories of how one event completely changed how you view your life?