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I remember driving back from the university to my home in Miami. I was listening to music in the car and waiting as the first one in a long line for the green light to turn left at a huge intersection. I knew this traffic light took forever.

On the opposite side of the road, there was a person holding a big canvas with writing on it. It said something like: “Jesus is coming to this planet soon.”

I read that, and it got me thinking. About Jesus, religions, and why people stand on the street holding signs like that. What do they hope strangers will feel when they read those words?

While I was flying in my thoughts, the green light had already turned on. I woke up to the sound of cars honking behind me, because I was the first one in line to turn left.

Just as I realized what had happened and was about to press the gas pedal, I saw a car flying from the left side through a red light. He was coming from the direction where I was supposed to turn.

If I had turned when the light first changed, he would have hit me directly on the driver’s side. The speed looked like at least 80 miles per hour.

Most likely, I would have died.

In a strange way, that sign (the one that distracted me) may have saved my life.

That period of my life was already a very difficult one. I was on the verge of divorcing my ex-husband, and it was one of the hardest decisions I had ever faced. I kept questioning whether I was doing the right thing or........

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