Saved by the bell...

You know the feeling you get when you almost drop something that shouldn't be dropped? Or when you narrowly miss the mailbox you are driving by on the road because you weren't paying attention? Or being saved by the bell, literally?

I think that we, as human beings, live for these feelings. These feelings make us feel alive, truly alive. I personally hate that feeling, but when I stop to think about it, I realize why I felt that. Because I was saved and my eyes were opened. I could have caught that special something, inches before it hit the ground. Or I could have swerved away at the very last possible second. Or I could have been saved from reading some embarrassing paper, by that life-saving bell. By this little event, we realize that things are precious. Everything in life is precious; from our friendships to the technology we rely on. Everything in this world can be broken in a second, maybe less. These little moments, where something horrific turns its outcome, Life shows us how priceless everything truly is. You learn not to take things for granted.

Also, these things could have that flip outcome. The invaluable vase of your great-great-grandmother's could drop and shatter. You could smash into that mailbox. You could have to read your speech to the class. In those moments, when you start realizing the one thing that you didn't want to happen - is happening, you embrace the pain. You take it for what it is, and let it settle. You learn from these moments where everything around you is crashing down. You learn that you, and you alone, are strong enough to put the person that matters most back together - you. Everyone that you need is there to help you along the way, sort of like a whole bunch of training wheels that fall off as you ride along until you are all by yourself, doing the unthinkable. It may take a few seconds, or it could take months, maybe even years. But each and every person out there has the strength to do that. To take what they have, and make it into the most extraordinary thing it can be.

Everything around you can change in a matter of mere seconds. All that matters is what you make of it.