An Accident

I got into a car accident today. I was driving when I accidentally side-swiped a bus and my side-view mirror came off. When I talked to my counselor about it, she said that most accidents in her life are usually symbolic. It's the universe's way of telling her that she needs to slow down and look at something in her life.

"Maybe it's symbolic for you too," she tells me. "Maybe the universe is trying to tell you something in a minor way. It could have been big. It could have been disastrous, but this is the universe trying to tell you something in a small way."
I think about it for a moment. "I think you're right because I've a few minor accidents but I never have an accident in the same way. Maybe today, the universe is trying to tell me to slow down and...look again. I did learn something from it after all."

Luckily, my counselor also gave me the name and number of a good mechanic who is going to look at my car tomorrow. Meanwhile, I will wake up an hour earlier every day so I can take the bus to work. Wish me luck. Maybe this is the universe's way of telling me to do things a different way. We'll see. I might return to this topic later when I've something to eat and more sleep.