2. Miracle... What Else?

Miracle – What else?

Albert Einstein once quoted – There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

Perhaps, I am not able to or may be eligible to believe either in an absolute sense. However, this post is about something else.

While I was residing at Cyprus, somewhere in 2002, on one dark night we planned a drive to curium beach that was around 30 kms away.

At 2.30am on an already isolated island, where even animals would scare to be on the roads, one cannot expect any human species to wander.

Hence, we were alone on the road with no signs of anyone around. However, it is a safe country and so, there was nothing to fear about.

I was speeding and to be honest, I was rough. At around 140 kmph, on a not-so-deadly curve, I lost the control. Although the car slipped off the road, flying a little and crossing over the fence, to our luck, we had a safe landing between the 2 trees. Below the front fender, a barb wire got stuck and probably that was the obstacle that prevented the vehicle from skidding further.

It was nearly 2.40am and we started wondering what do to next? The only option was to sleep inside the vehicle as the car was in such a position that it was not possible to get it out without getting it dragged by another vehicle having a finch and pulley attached to it.

It is hard for me to use an alternate word here and hence all I would quote is – A miracle was in making.

Suddenly, we could witness the lights flashing from behind and a group of few cars were approaching. They halted on the road and came out of their cars. They got the hint that we were stranded with no way out. All of them came out from their respective cars. On top of that, our fortune shone when we realized that one of the car had a pulley attached to it.

By 3 am we were out of the mess, back on the road and before I could ignite the engine, all the cars had vanished in the dark.

We headed towards the beach, earned some and were back home before the dawn but the most surreal part was we didn’t encounter a single vehicle, after we were back on the road. We kept wondering as to what just went right!

Even today, I feel the similar astonishment when I get reminded of the incident.

…and now when I analyse deeper, my life has been full of such and diverse miracles. Miracles… What else?