Yesterday was one of the ordinary days at the office; my work already done at mid-afternoon, spending time to check mails, facebook updates and chats.
I left the office early, but I decided to walk around Glorietta for a few hours to avoid the rush hour at Edsa. Finally it was time to go home, rode that green bus, and felt happy because the road has unexpectedly light traffic! Wow, I will be arriving home early. Or so I thought!
Just about 1 km away from the exit, we ran flat. People would say that it was a good coincidence because we were around 300m away from Shell SLEX station; but I would rather call it as a blessing. And so, as the driver managed to drive and parked at Shell, I heard the usual rants and sighs and tsks of people around. "Malapit na eh, naflatan pa!" "Ano ba naman yan, ang malas naman"
A few minutes after, people started unloading the bus to transfer to jeepneys just so to get home soon. It was around 9pm, and good thing was, there were a lot of PUJs at the time. I went down too, thinking that I would just call my mom and ask them to pick me up.
I went down, with the rest of the passengers, and looked at the tire. It was not a flat tire at all. The tire actually exploded, and I couldn't help but say a little prayer of gratitude that nothing happened to us. We were probably at 80-100kph when that happened, and looking at the exploded tire, worse things could have happened.
And so, while waiting at the middle of Shell station, looking at that exploded tire, I realized that some bad things happen because we need to be saved from worse things. We are just to impatient, too stubborn and most of the time too arrogant to see the brighter side of things. We are quick to judge, and often times we forget that indeed, there is a Greater Being who is smarter than us. Smart enough to know what He is doing.
So, join me and let's stop ranting.
