There's nothing like a crisis to get you thinking about anything other than the problems before you. Even the most insignificant issues - say, the garbage bag splitting open while carrying it to the bin - can trigger thoughts of all the other small indignities we suffer each day. The broken shoelace; the spilled coffee; the lack of coffee. The bigger the crisis, the bigger the previous ills brought to mind.
Perhaps it's an emotional immune response, with past problems serving as a kind of inoculation against the frustration that comes with new obstacles.
If only things actually worked like that. Instead, in such moments we too often find ourselves regretting things we can't change and surveying a past that is, at least in this universe, immutable.
Maybe that's why the cliche of seeing your life flash before your eyes is one that resonates. Because when confronted with that moment - your last moment - what better way to escape than by retreating to the tapestry of your life, warts and all?
Interesting! Thanks, Eric! Be sure to check out "14 Seonds" and the rest of the stories May 31!
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