Back From The Dead

On Nov-22 -09 I was out riding my GSXR1000 motorcycle around lake casitas as I do every Saturday and Sunday. About halfway thru the ride I took a turn as I always do except this time the bike did not turn and seemingly slipped and threw me wide of my mark and into the dirt and gravel at the side of the road And traversed into the dirt still aboard the bike, I remember saying to myself"this aint Good dude" then noticed and concrete water drain coming up upon me, I was able to avoid the concrete but this threw me into another uneven line and I went down hard on my left side, unable to put a foot or hand down I was flat on my side and back. Broken helmet and internals and feeling dazed. Onlookers stopped and called 911 and EMT's were on the scene in what seemed like minutes. They called the ambulance and suggested that I ride to the Hospital with them, Since I had already called my wife to come get me and bring my truck so I could haul my broken steed back home. As she arrived they loaded my bike up and I knew I was not doing well. My wife rushed me to the hospital and we arrived and was admited to ICU with internal bleeding from torn spleen, torn liver and bruised kidney as well as a broken #8 rib. After 12 days stay and 3 blood transfusions and one platelet tranfusion I was discharged from the hospital with a better understanding of how precious life, family and friends truly are. Being a former non believing ,leanig towards Atheism, I had amazingly been transformed about 2 months prior to my crash by the teachings of Frank Schaeffer. Being a Christian has given me strength and an understanding of how to be a better person, a better husband, son, father, all the above seemed so distant and prior to my transformation back to Christianity. The fact that God had blessed me with a great family, an awesome Wife who held me a carried me to health and safety with her love and devotion to me and my recovery s something tha was always with me but somehow seemed to loo the other wa and not appreciate the beauty and greatness that life was giving me, yet I looked away and said" thats great, but whats' next?" never thanked or appreciated those who made it possible for , my God, my family ,my friends and all those who always thought that I was a good person! Talk t me today and I will say that if you are not going through life wit your eyes open and your heart available than you are mssing the best part of life and living... the giving of self pays off so much and cost you nothing to do so. Give of yourself and share the gifts that you were given to as many as possible, and do it with dignity and graciousness and never look for accolades and grandstand, thus negating the goodness you are trying to portray" Give and forget it" more to come later