Recently, I was again reminded of the vagaries of life. Those chance occurrences that could make all the difference.
We were driving to Washington, D.C. and were about 30 minutes away on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway when traffic suddenly came to a complete stop. Within minutes, at least 10 emergency vehicles passed us. The traffic app told us that there was a major accident less that a tenth of a mile ahead of us. It had happened moments before.
We waited and, eventually backed up, turned around and headed northbound in the southbound lanes, off an entrance ramp, and circumvented the accident.
A few moments. That cup of coffee that we waited for at the last stop. Slowing down for a few minutes along the way. Not passing that other car. So many things that made us a few moments behind rather than a tenth of a mile ahead.