How was your first week of 2014?

Trembling and terrified, I looked around. It was dark. My friend ran up to me, checking whether I was alright before calming me down. We were bleeding, and we needed to get out of the drain.

You reap what you sow, and when you walk out the door, you'll never know whether you're walking into danger. They're not called accidents for nothing, but they could have been avoided.

3 days later, I told them I lied.
4 days later, I took a week off on my first day of internship.
5 days later, I was home all day on my birthday.

On the second day of the new year, I fell really badly into a drain that was at least 3 meters deep. What led to that were some irresponsible actions, which had me lie to my friends because I was ashamed of what happened. As Frozen sings it, people make bad choices when they're mad or scared or stressed. I was scared and stressed, and afraid and hurt.

It was the craziest, stupidest thing to do. I'm not proud that it happened, but I'm glad I had the chance to experience what was learnt throughout the whole accident. I'll never do that again. It could have been fatal, and my friend and I could have been paralyzed. But no. God so love us that He sent his only son to die on the cross for us. He was protecting over us even as we made the silliest mistake.

(Funny that this accident opened up doors for a chance at reconciliation with 2 of my friends. When they say everything happens for a reason, everything happens for a reason.)

Thank you, Lord, for looking over us even as we do stupid things in life. I'm sorry that we had let you down and had let curiosity and so-called fun take the best of us. I cannot be more than thankful that we are now home safe and sound. So much can happen in just mere minutes. It has really been a journey.

2014 started off with a hit in the head. This year is going to be a good one.