Thankful

Today, I went on my routine rounds on the road. One of my stops is at this bus and comfort taxi depot along Braddell Road. The boss of the canteen is a nice man who always try to talk to me if he has time. Nothing different today except when I arrive, he was out in his van and he was trying to shift his van to allow a new wrecked car to be towed in.

Curious, I asked what was going on. He began to explain that this incoming wreckage which crashed earlier the day is going to be here 'permanently'. 

"Permanently?". 

"The driver of this car died in the crash."

He continued to say that its nothing new actually as he pointed to some of the other wreckages further back. Drivers of some of those cars died in their respective accidents too.

There I was standing in front of this relatively new looking despite the awful dents and cracks, car whose owner less than 12 hours ago, was alive and probably grumbling about Mondays. His now lifeless form is probably somewhere surrounded by crying loved ones. His spirit may now be somewhere waiting for judgment. Maybe even still recovering from the fact that he will no longer enjoy the earthly pleasures, like love, beer and apple products.

Maybe he was right next to me when I was standing in front of his car. Or even sitting beside me while I am typing out this post.

<Cue chills>

Earlier last week, news of a young mother died from internal injuries, leaving behind 3 young children and their dad. People who know them were shocked by the news as she was in her early 30s and seems healthy. She wasn't sick or even showing signs of sickness. Things just happened for that family. And they were not believers. 

Some divine being doing human population control? Cosmic accident that happens by chance? 

All of us live out most of our days taking life for granted. I do. The first words out of my mouth some days are "Hey! Drive properly lah you *********er ***hole." Other days, "Hey wake up! Time to go to work!". Never "Morning God. Thank You for another wonderful day!"

Evening God. Thank You for another wonderful day!