Crash

I haven't been more proud to say I'm alive than I was on Saturday evening. I was visiting a few friends in Costa Rica during my week off between semesters. It was a too-good-to-be-true trip and so something was bound to go wrong. On my last night, our rental SUV skidded on some loose gravel and we flipped the car twice. It was a miracle that we weren't hurt badly. Dozens of Ticos ran to help us and the police and paramedics were there almost instantly. A friend of mine said that it is her biggest fear to get in an accident in a foreign country. I was more worried about a flat tire or the car being stolen and I never even considered that dying in a horrible accident was a possibility. Luckily for us, the way the car rolled and the location of the roll was obstacle free and we landed upright. Nonetheless, I was in shock and despite my minor injuries, I was emotionally upset. I was crying in happiness because I was alive. I couldn't believe it. I found this quote on the plane ride home inspirational, "Our lives are not determined by what happens to us, but by how we react to what happens; not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life." I am forever changed.

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http://minnesota.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2013006&id=19400972.