A ceiling collapsed, but a life was saved.

On today’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy, there’s this particular patient who genuinely believes the world is against him. He says things always crash and burn around him, his expectations are at zero, so whenever something unfortunate happens, he is neither pissed nor surprised. It’s almost like he expects disaster to find him.

For instance, on his way to X-ray, the wheelchair suddenly broke. While he was advised to sit still and wait for his doctor to get him another one, he insisted he could walk. A few steps later, he fell and hit his head.

As if that wasn’t enough, during his MRI, there was a leak from the roof that caused a mini explosion. And then, to top it all off, during his surgery, with his body open on the operating table, the ceiling collapsed and debris fell into his body. It was horrible.

At this point, you’d probably think, “Okay, the universe really does hate this man.”

But maybe not.

After the collapse, the doctors had to thoroughly clean his body to make sure they removed every piece of debris that had fallen into the open surgical site. And guess what they found?

A tumour.

It was caught at such an early stage that they were able to remove it immediately. It was so small that the scans and X-rays hadn’t even picked it up. If that ceiling had not collapsed, they might never have known it was there until much later, when it could have become life-threatening.

A ceiling collapsed, and somehow, a life was saved.

Dearest reader, we all have those “the universe is against me” moments, days, and even seasons. Times when one thing goes wrong, then another, and another, until you begin to wonder what exactly you did to deserve all of it.

And I know not every painful thing happens for a reason. But sometimes, what looks like chaos in the moment is quietly leading us somewhere we couldn’t have reached otherwise.

What if the thing you are calling a disaster right now is carrying you towards something you don’t know you need yet, what if the ceiling has to collapse before you find the tumour.

Maybe, just maybe.

@favvy_Okwans🖤.