a glance back

Surely everyone knows Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken, right?

I wonder how a moment sometimes can change our entire life.

Take this for example. In an article I once read in Reader's Digest, a man explained how a small mistake he made actually saved his life. That man's workplace used to be WTC. On that day, he overslept, and woke up late. He missed the train that he takes every morning to go to work, so he had to take the next one. When he finally arrived, right in front of his eyes, his office building is crushing down.

He overslept, and was late to work. And that unexpectedly saved his life.

Not that I'm saying oversleeping is a good thing.

It's amazing how the tiniest act we do can actually take our life on a 180 degree turn. Like what I did. Little that I expect this action I took made who I am today. Well, since it involved another person, and since it actually was a bit cruel, I can't really explain what was it that I did. But still, I'm grateful.