I woke up to the warm rays of the sun. I looked outside the window – it was one of those mornings where the air is cool, not too hot, not too cold. Suddenly I shuddered – a thought crossed my mind, which immediately made me smile – today I should go on an incredible Mediterranean cruise. It had been my dream since I was little and when finally one evening my father gave me and my mother a gift – two tickets for a 10-day cruise from Venice to Monte Carlo, I felt like at the top of the world. planned – my mother was due to arrive around 4 p.m. in the city where I was studying at university. Then we took a taxi and went to the port. I had packed my bags two days ago and was already very impatient. I got up, took a shower, got dressed in a beautiful blue and white striped dress, a pretty bracelet and a necklace with many little seashells and all that was left was the arrival of my mother. It was already 1:30 p.m. and the intervals between the ticks of the clock seemed unusually long. Suddenly my phone rang, I answered it immediately and heard my mother crying. I asked her what was going on and she replied in a shaky voice, "I know this trip means a lot to you but we probably won't make it...". “We won’t make it… We won’t make it…”. His words passed through my brain and resonated. I don't know how long I couldn't make a sound - the combination of my mother's upset voice, which shocked me, because I'd never heard her speak like that, and the thought that my dream was on its way. about to crash in front of me, a few hours before it came true, my legs shook, my mind darkened, and I felt like I had lost my ability to speak. "How are you?" – I finally got to the middle of a paper……thinking – I couldn’t understand this idiom until then. I thought bad things couldn't be good. I thought evil and good were two completely different things. But that's not the case. Maybe sometimes something bad happens, because that's how it is. But we shouldn't worry about it – on the contrary. I believe that in life there is destiny and that it is determined for everyone. That day, he chose to save us, to let us live this world in his way. We can't complain. We cannot refuse it. This event changed my outlook on life in general and made me feel blessed. It was like a life lesson, which took me from “rather pessimistic” to completely optimistic. I think this is now one of my best qualities and it helps me in very difficult situations. Because when we experience disappointments, they should not ruin us, on the contrary, they should make us stronger..