>be 12>at the beach with dozen friends>cant swim because of recent ear operation>gets bored watching friends, decides to climb a 150ft cliff instead>because thats a great idea>climbs it with ease>gets to the top expecting a flat ledge to stand on like picrel>its a 45 degree bank of sand for 50 metres upwards>no rocks, grass, anything. just sand>tries to crawl up it, slips immediately>cant go left, cant go right, cant go down>turns and lays flat on my back and tries pull myself up backwards>its working>gets 20 meters up the bank looking out at the sea>what a view>sand gives way.jpg>starts sliding towards the edge of the cliif on my butt>nothing to grab onto but sand>feet go over the edge>about to fall 150ft onto jaggedy rocks >sees my life flash before my eyes>friends, family, dogs, teachers, flashing past my view like photographs>blindly reaches out my right hand and grabs the ONLY tuft of grass on the entire cliff edge>manages to regain balance>finds a route along the right and off the damn cliff>used to wake up every morning and the first thing id say would be, "thank you grass"... years later.... tbc
>>42435714....>walking home one sunny afternoon>"something" tells me to take the long route home that day>sees a woman ahead pushing a buggy and holding a little girl by the hand>"something" tells me to speed up a little and catch them up>cant take my eyes off them>gets to within 100 metres and the little girl decides to run out into the road>im already jogging>mother screams at kid making her freeze in the road and start crying>gets to a few metres behind her>van comes flying around the corner>in 2 seconds she's dead>gets there, scoops her up and turns right holding her a few feet over the pavement>theorizes the van to hit me, i go flying, she falls a few feet downwards because gravity>closes eyes>van flies past and clips my left shoulder>everybody is fine>puts kid down>mother and kid have no clue where i came from and look shocked>kid stops crying, then starts crying again>mom thanks me profusely>walks away to her saying "oh my god, oh my god" while checking the kid for injurieswhen it aint your time. it aint your time.
