11/5/2017 0 Comments the brighter side of thingsBeing positive can be a challenge sometimes, it doesn’t always come easily. Life will throw obstacles at you left and right. When a tragic event happens, it’s not always easy to keep a positive mindset. But in the end, looking on the bright side will help you tremendously.
In March of this year I was doing great, better than I had ever been in fact. I thought that nothing could bring me down… well, almost nothing. On April 14th, 2017 my positive mindset was challenged more than it had ever been. It started out as a great day that I was looking forward to. I had a college visit to Northern Illinois University that morning and one of my best friend’s birthday party later that evening. I was happy and everything seemed wonderful, but I did not know that my life would change on my way home. Around 10:00 that night I was driving home. I decided to take a different way home though. I had driven down this road multiple times, day and night. It was nothing new to me, but as I was going downhill my car decided that it didn’t like that road. My steering wheel locked up a little past halfway down the hill and I couldn’t hit the brakes hard enough. CRASH! All of a sudden I slammed into a guardrail, next thing I know my car was flipping across the road until it finally came to a halt! I was awake the whole time and in shock. I just kept thinking “did this actually just happen?” When I finally found my phone I called my mom immediately. I was hysterical. People who lived nearby called 911 and came to try and help me while I waited for my parents to arrive at the scene. About 5 minutes later my family showed up along with an ambulance, a fire truck and 2 police cars. Everybody was trying to calm me down and after a little bit I was finally feeling better. The ambulance rushed me to the hospital but oddly enough I was cracking jokes the whole way there. When we arrived at the hospital I was told that everything was going to be alright- I just needed to remember that I was lucky to be alive. I came home the next day and for whatever reason I was still positive. I think it was because all the trauma hadn’t set in yet but who knows. But a few days later was when all the negative thoughts hit me. I kept telling myself that I shouldn’t have left my house that night or that I should’ve taken a different way home. I felt horrible because of all the medical bills my family had to pay, and physically I felt even worse. I was sore in every way, I couldn’t even sneeze without it hurting. However, I did not let those negative thoughts consume me. I bounced back quickly. I realized that I had so much more to be thankful for. I was thankful that I was alive and not seriously injured. I was thankful that I was the only one in the accident because I would’ve never been able to forgive myself if I hurt someone else. Most of all I was thankful for my phenomenal friends and family who supported me and stuck by my side through it all. I learned that being negative was getting me nowhere. I had two options- lay around and mope or get back on feet and enjoy my life. One month went by and I was already driving again and I even got a new car. I truly believe that my positivity is what got me through this.
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