Thursday, 5 September 2019

Why I'm Grateful for Accidents, Pain, and Loss

a post by Elizabeth Bryan-Jacobs for the Tiny Buddha blog



“If you have nothing to be grateful for, check your pulse.” ~Unknown

I couldn’t feel my legs.

There wasn’t any pain, just this odd “sameness” of non-sensation.

My body was frozen as I turned my eyes downward to scan down my nineteen-year-old body. Below my knees, my legs were splayed out in a very peculiar way. I was halfway underneath my car, pinned down to the dirt and gravel of the road by the back right tire.

The tire had caught my long, curly hair and the puffy left sleeve of my new white peasant blouse, miraculously missing my face.

Continue reading and discover a story to inspire you without being all mushy and Pollyannaish.


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