During the last 10 minutes of class, Inoken asked each group to talk about a time when we were at the edge of a situation. This was too easy. I had a sudden flashback right at that moment. This might not have to do with *leading* at the edge but I was certainly out of my comfort zone. This is what happened:
I was on my way home from tennis practice that day. I was a 7th grader sitting on the passenger seat in my Mom's car. After getting off the car, my mom and I took out a bunch of grocery bags from the trunk of the car and walked up the staircase to our front door. Mom opened the door and we both entered the house. Right then, a black shadow sprinted down the staircase from the second floor. Thinking that it was my dad, mom called out my dad's name. No answer. A pause.
This is when my body started taking control on its own. I told mom right at that moment that we had to get out of the house immediately. Without even bothering to let go of our grocery bags, we ran out the door screaming for help. Luckily, we were able to get into my friends house that was nearby.
It turned out that we walked in on a robbery. We got in the house before almost nothing was taken. But who knows what could have happened if I hadn't told mom to run out the house. I was literally at the edge of my life (haha). Experience of my life I tell you. I won't ever forget.
whoa, that is some experience.
ReplyDeleteits funny how at these most critical moments, your body starts to move on its own before you could even think. just like 'kajiba no bakajikara' haha
glad your family was okay!
Shiho
Quick thinking! And good story.
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