Yesterday was a day I won't forget in a hurry. It consisted of three major themes.
First, I am an idiot (but you already knew that). We've had more than a bit of snow in the last few days, but I decided to set of to work anyway (that's a drive from Leeds to Manchester). It wasn't snowing much in Leeds and anyway, "It'll be fine". It wasn't. Exhausted after a three and half hour drive, when i got to work I simply picked up my laptop and set off home again, to make sure I got there. There's a (not so) fine line between being brave and being stupid,. I crossed it.
That's proved by the second theme. Life truly comes down to a matter of seconds. It really is all luck. On the way home, navigating a precarious M60 motorway, I came around the bend, suddenly face to face with two mangled trucks blocking the entire road. The ice and slush meant the hastily applied brakes only just saved my from joining them after a nerve shredding skid.
It had only just happened. If I had been 100 yards further down the road, if I had been twiddling the radio station, if I had been daydreaming, if I had been driving a little faster, if I hadn't dropped my phone getting in the car, making me set of 20 seconds later I would most probably be dead.
I soon discovered one OK truck driver and one deceased one. Use every single second you have, you really do not know when it will be your last. Life is so much down to chance, anything could happen at any time.
Which brings me to the final theme. When I eventually got home the first thing I did was pick up my 10 week old baby boy and hold him very tightly. What else really matters more than the ones you love? if you haven't called your Mum recently, call her. If you haven't told your other half you love them today, do it.
And if you're waiting to try something, do something, say something you really want to, you might be afraid, you might be comfortable, I don't know, just bloody have a go (unless it's foolhardy, see theme one)
First, I am an idiot (but you already knew that). We've had more than a bit of snow in the last few days, but I decided to set of to work anyway (that's a drive from Leeds to Manchester). It wasn't snowing much in Leeds and anyway, "It'll be fine". It wasn't. Exhausted after a three and half hour drive, when i got to work I simply picked up my laptop and set off home again, to make sure I got there. There's a (not so) fine line between being brave and being stupid,. I crossed it.
That's proved by the second theme. Life truly comes down to a matter of seconds. It really is all luck. On the way home, navigating a precarious M60 motorway, I came around the bend, suddenly face to face with two mangled trucks blocking the entire road. The ice and slush meant the hastily applied brakes only just saved my from joining them after a nerve shredding skid.
It had only just happened. If I had been 100 yards further down the road, if I had been twiddling the radio station, if I had been daydreaming, if I had been driving a little faster, if I hadn't dropped my phone getting in the car, making me set of 20 seconds later I would most probably be dead.
I soon discovered one OK truck driver and one deceased one. Use every single second you have, you really do not know when it will be your last. Life is so much down to chance, anything could happen at any time.
Which brings me to the final theme. When I eventually got home the first thing I did was pick up my 10 week old baby boy and hold him very tightly. What else really matters more than the ones you love? if you haven't called your Mum recently, call her. If you haven't told your other half you love them today, do it.
And if you're waiting to try something, do something, say something you really want to, you might be afraid, you might be comfortable, I don't know, just bloody have a go (unless it's foolhardy, see theme one)
You be careful out there.
Posted by: john dodds | January 06, 2010 at 11:24 PM
What John said.
Posted by: Rob @ Cynic | January 07, 2010 at 01:14 AM
Has the snow stopped you blogging as well?
Posted by: Rob @ Cynic | January 13, 2010 at 01:08 AM