My Life as The Apple of God’s Eye.

From infancy to this moment, I have been privileged to survive several possible deaths and a lot of potential calamities. From terrible, debilitating sicknesses to assassination attempts, auto accidents, near-death experiences on hospital operating table, medical malpractices, criminal implications, incriminating set-ups and even self-induced sheer recklessness, I have survived them all, to date. Since the year I turned 50 therefore, I have considered every additional day a bonus. And it's in view of this strange fate that I have often wondered if God has made it a special assignment for some angels to keep watch over my life, maybe for one reason or the other.

While I am not sure about the role of providence, there is however one thing I am very sure of. In all of my adult life so far, I have always likened life to a highway. No matter how great and careful a driver is, he or she needs to painstakingly think for the other drivers on the highway lest such a driver be involved in an accident that arises due to no fault of him or her. Such is the case in my life. I have always been in the habit of thinking for the other people by preempting or anticipating their actions at home, in the neighborhood, at the work place, on the road and among friends or colleagues. This is because I will not want to be “messed up” by some other people’s negligence, recklessness or carelessness.

With this personal principle in place, I have been able to conform to an adage that says “heaven helps only those who help themselves.” Therefore, even if God has designed a special protective system solely for my survival on this earth plane, he will realize and probably be impressed with my own efforts in ensuring that all is well at every point in my life.