ALMOST GOT ME!

Ohh, well… Br. Joe and I just visited my parents yesterday. We left at around 9.30 in the morning. I was happy because I will see my parents again and to have some kind of chat with them about their life. We rode in his car and arrived Marbel at around 10.00 in the morning. We dropped by KCC mall to buy some pasalubong for my family. When we are about to left, he gave me the key of the car and told me to drive. I was happy and confident to be the driver to our place. When we reach Bo. 3 (one of the barragays in Koronadal City), I did not expect the very sharp curve and I was running on 4th gear with the speed of 80. I did not expect that curve. I tried to shift to 3rd gear and apply the break but it was to late to do it. We fell on a “canal”. I was not able to speak for almost 1 hour because I was shocked by what happened.

I cannot believe that that would happen to us. We were lucky that there are people passin by and one of the trucks helped us so that we will be able to get our car from that “canal”. When we are able to get our car, we continued our journey home. Lucky that our car still starts after that accident. I felt a bit of pain at my back because of the seatbelf that is tied around me while driving. We were still lucky because we wore our seatbelt. I was worried because he was my passenger; I will not worry if I am the only one inside the car.

Through that experience, I was able to reflect that in just a split of a second, I may be able to lose my life. If I died, maybe, I will never be happy because I will miss my students and the people who take care of me. I will not be happy “upstairs” because I am not yet able to do my mission as a Marist Brother. Life is important’ more important than anything else. Most of all, I learned that it is important to have presence of mind and I should be a defensive driver next time. After that accident, I told myself that I will never ever drvie but Bro. Manny said that it is not the right thing to do. I should learn from it and make driving better next time.

I thank God for the experience and the learning from it.