I Slipped..

Merrily walking away, with the brisk walk; the hospital walk as most who work in this environment would call it, I proceeded back to my office quite confident and sure of myself. I walked down the corridor passing patients and colleagues; some strange faces and some familiar, thinking of what seemed like the million things that I had to get done today once I got back to my desk, and out of the blue I slipped.

I bet you are thinking well why go on about it here?

Now let me tell you I have walked this same corridor too many times to count and I have worn these shoes before and there was nothing in my path that would have caused me to slip but I did!

Thankfully my foot slipped but I didn't fall which is a blessing. Imagine if I had fallen, aside for being totally embarrassed, I could have been hurt but I wasn't. But embarrassed I was most definitely. I saw this guy coming towards me and have never seen him before, and I thought hmm I wonder who he is? and just as quickly did that thought enter my head, as quickly did my foot slip.

Uncanny ways these are, forces beyond our control are at work here. Yes to some its just a slip but to me, no matter how confident and careful I was this morning, I was destined to slip.

As I straigthened myself and carried on walking, hoping no one really noticed, though I knew for a fact the this guy who was walking in the opposite direction to me had definitely seen my blip. Not that I was trying to impress him or anyone else for that matter. Beside I didn't know he was going to be there.

Well this isn't the first and will not be the last, I am just glad that despite being thrown off my guard with that blip, I wasn't hurt.

I could have slipped on a banana skin on the pavement or..

An ice cube hiding on the kitchen floor or..

A bad step leading to the back door or..

A stone not quite in its place at Brigg End..


and finally I could have slipped and fallen in love...

but not this time around -:)


Aisha