One day a few years ago I was feeling pretty down about being alone for a good long time in my life. It was on a Saturday. That day was ending and that's when I felt bad. After the usual stuff that I do on Saturdays (the cleaning and shopping - it's all still the same now after all those years!) I went for my usual one-hour bike ride.

As usual I was starting to feel a little bit better as I got bike riding. And then I was peddling along towards an intersection up ahead (about 100 yards away) and the light had been green for a while. Well about 10 yards approaching that intersection, a large SUV on the other street was not paying attention and just went speeding through a red light. If only I had gotten to that intersection about 15 seconds earlier, I could have been hit right on by that SUV!

The SUV hit a car that had proceeded. That car didn't know what hit him. So it was an ugly accident that unfolded right in front of me. I've read about things like that, but I didn't think it was ever possible that could happen. After that, as I was heading back home, I got thinking about how I could have been in Heaven having a great time instead of having to deal with my loneliness.