thoughts to ponder upon

invincible-to powerful to overcome or be defeated.

why is it that people think they are invincible? why do we say 'it wont happen to me' or 'im a good driver' or 'ive got it under control'? when the truth of the matter is, we dont. we have control over only so much. the rest? that is out of our hands. it irks me, and always has, when people have this attitude. sure-YOU maybe be a good driver, so you THINK you dont need your seat belt, but what about the freak coming down the road-who ISNT a good driver and has been drinking? and then crosses over the center line. its over-in an instant. the next thing you know, well guess what, there is no next thing. and now your family is left behind to pick up the pieces of what is left of your spirit and soul.

or you, who rides down the road looking all cool on your motorcycle with no helmet. do you know how cool youd look as a crowd of people look on at what is left of you or your skull? oh-waaaiit. you are no longer alive, so you dont know. once again, you may be 'the best driver ever', but you dont know about that deer wandering on the side of the road, about to cross your path.

or you, doctor, who thinks you fix it all. you get to put the pieces, physically, emotionally, psychologically, back together again. you work furiously to fix me, not realizing that you can only control so much. you cant control my body's response to the shock of trauma, or the stress of blood loss. you cant control the fact that it took 2 hours for the to extricate my body from a vehicle. its out of your hands.


we all do this. i do it, you do it. i see it a lot in my profession. i see it a lot in my daily life. but the reality is, there really is only so much that we can control. so. my point, take control of what you can. put your seatbelt on. your seatbelt-it will save you. you hear the very very few cases where the 'seatbelt would have killed me', but i assure you, you are more likely to walk away alive from a car accident when you do have it on. it could be the ONE time you think, 'ah-im just going down the road to get gas', but YOU cant control the external factors. your helmet, PUT IT ON. i have seen trauma patients come in with there helmets actually split in 2 from accidents. could you imagine if that was someone's head? very recently, we have had more than a couple motorcycle accidents with deer running out in the road-causing MAJOR trauma accidents. you can imagine what the outcome was for those not wearing a helmet.... and the doctor example, was to remind us all of our 'higher power'. God. its easy for me to 'preach' about seatbelts and helmets-everyone does. but to take something-a life- and work so hard to keep it alive or bring it back to life, only so much of that is in that drs. hands, too. the rest, is up to God.

what a vulnerable place to be. to know that when push comes to shove, you and i, we really have no control at all. we think we have control, and well, i guess we do, to an extent, but at any given moment, it could be over. so. the moral of my story? you arent invincible. you never will be. control what you can, but let God control the rest.