Hello everyone
How are you all doing? I trust you're all having the greatest time of your lives. I sincerely want to appreciate @goodysam for inviting me to participate in this contest. I want to also appreciate @joanstewart for yet another interesting topics for this week's contest, I will be reacting to option one which says:
What was the most devastating event in your life? Express your feelings and how you coped.
Since I was a teenager, my life has been going smoothly and peacefully without any stress but little worries. I only have to worry less about anything because I have it already taken care of by my parents. My journey as an adult started when I had admission to study science laboratory technology in Benue state, I choose the school because I wanted to be far from home but I never knew it was a full day journey.
When it was time to go to school was when I realized that I actually have to stay hours on the bus without movement but that was just the least of my worries, though I was quite scared that I will spend 13 hours on the road without moving nor doing anything, just sitting in one place. I traveled several times to Benue state from Lagos and most times I usually get to my destination the next day morning.
My most devastating moment was when I saw armed robbers robbing a bus before mine along Enugu State road, I thought that was going to be the end because they were shooting, I was so scared because that was the first time I witnessed a life robbery. The driver quickly reversed the bus and we had to go back, the only thing I did was to pray that nothing will happen to us and God actually answer my prayers. I don't know how the driver did it, all I believe was that God took over the staring and made the impossible possible. According to what I heard that some people died from the gunshots while some were rushed to the hospital for medical treatment. I had imagined several times if that was the bus I entered 🤔 what would have been my fate?
Even after the incident, I was still afraid, I told myself if my school was closer to house all this wouldn't have happened, but I made the choice so I had to finish it up. At some point when I sleep, I see the same incident especially when I'm sleeping alone, but with time I got over it. I no longer see it as something that will pull me down, all I do now is to narrate the horrible experience to people and advice them to always be prayerful.
I will like to invite @tarilayoung and @sekani to participate here