Three Beautiful Things Thursday: Car Accident Edition

Posted on September 11, 2008 by hijabman

This week in beauty, we have three lovely things

1. Car Accidents, generally speaking, are not-so-beautiful. Emerging from an accident with car and body unscathed, however, is pretty friggin’ beautiful!

Joking aside, Tuesday night, while driving home from a lovely European-style drinking chocolate at Naked Chocolate, I got rear ended. Actually, the woman behind me got rear ended, and as a result, her car bumped pretty forcefully into mine.

As soon as I got hit, I put on my blinkers and parked the car. After inspecting for damage and finding none, I walked over to the car that got hit. As I approached it, a police car arrived. Within a few short minutes and a quick interview, I was cleared to go. On my drive home, I started laughing. I had to let that energy go somehow, right? 2. Laughing, the greatest coping mechanism for stress, ever— even when it makes you look like you have gone nuts.

This was my first car accident, and with it came a slightly sore back and a beautiful reminder of my own mortality and of life: “Get busy! Stop wasting time!”

3. People. One of my bosses handed me a brown paper bag yesterday before I left work and told me not to open it until sundown. Too cute. Thanks for the dried figs, Lisa!