Hey Pandas, What Is The Luckiest Thing You Have Experienced? (Closed)

When I was 7, me and my brother (9) took our older brothers tennis racket and a ball. We lost the ball and was afraid we may get in to trouble. So we was looking for this ball. Instead I found 500kr (about $50). "Forget about the ball we buy a new 1".

I woke up from a suicide attempt with no damage to myself. Numerous doctors said I would never wake up and if i did it would be a miracle. They said i likely had severe brain damage and here i am. I'm working on myself now and am in a much better place in my own head.

The times when I should’ve died. There's been many but here’s one example. I was 20, stupid and drunk exploring the remains of my old school when it was demolished. I slipped and fell through a broken glass door and severed my neck, millimetres away from cutting a carotid artery.

Definitely not the luckiest… but when I was little I was playing hide in seek with my friends, and I was going to hide in the fridge but the shelves were to full. If they hadn’t been as full, I might have suffocated that day. So thank you person who put all of that food there (it wasn’t at a house so I don’t know who it was).

I went to the park with my sister and a bird (magpie) swooped right past my face. My sister then laughed and we went to get ice cream. My luck again I got three scoops of ice-cream for the price of two. This was yesterday.

Years ago dropped a tiny toy penguin i made and was really upset, me and my family searched everywhere we’d been that day until it got dark. The next morning i actually found it washed up on the beach covered in sand and seaweed but still intact! Its only about 2 inches big so it was amazing that i actually the little thing again and it didnt just get washed out to sea

Once I thought about it, there were several incidences, but the one that stands out is when my work colleagues and I went to a co-workers wedding over the weekend. One co-worker was intoxicated when it was time to leave, so I suggested she call her husband to come get her or let me take her home and leave her car until the next day. She wouldn’t do either and got on the freeway. She drove onto the off ramp so she was going against traffic. Dummy me followed her to try and steer her off. Fortunately, it was late and very light traffic and she realized her mistake. We were both able to turn around and exit. She called me the next day and apologized profusely. One of the scariest events of my life!

I was born and I lived. So lucky. Scientists say that 49.3% of people are not born or dies after, like few hours.

once in seventh grade i was on the volleyball team and my team went undefeated the whole year because I dove onto the ground and actually hit the ball, which my teammate then passed back to the other side and won us a point. we won that game by one point (that play was the last point)
everyone was so happy and i literally was so confused as to how exactly i did that because the ball was SO CLOSE to the ground but it was very lucky

I was a collage intern at a company during my last semester.
I got hired as a cleaning lady after that because I needed a job while I looked for a career.
The company got bought by a BIG company, lots of people left with severance pay and many, many positions were opened.
I was lucky enough to be there just when they needed me.
Got a job that most people in the industry have to have years of experience at other places before getting there.
I wasn't even interning in the field I studied.
So I went from helping out in packaging, to helping out in engineering (internship)
To cleaning toilets and wiping down tables.
To getting brought on as a Computational Biologist! (actual job title)
Took me over a decade to get my BS in microbiology and biotechnology part-time, took me less than 9 months to fall forward into my dream job.

Gotten triple from a vending machine. Was acting very slow.

I found Bored Panda and the loving BP community!

When my bitch had puppies and one was born right into my hands, all 7 puppies were healthy and the bitch did a great job.

Meeting my 3rd husband. I was eating Taco Bell food at a McDonalds because my son and girlfriends son wanted to play in the ball pit but we wanted Taco Bell food. If we had stayed at Taco Bell I would never have met that wonderful man.

As a kid, heavy rain had caused floods in our area. Me and my best friend decided it would be an ideal time to explore the local creeks. The current was fast as we waded into the water to see if we could cross. Our combined weight and the force of water dissolved the sand bank on which we stood and sent us rocketing down the flood-swollen creek. Some distance down, the rain had eroded the earth from the roots of a large tree, and it had fallen across the creek. We grasped onto the tree and used it to climb up the steep embankment. If that tree hadn't been there I'm sure both of us would have drowned. We were miles away from home and no one knew where we were. Kids are naive and you never know what kind of mischief they're going to get into!

On a winter night in 1982 a friend and I were stopping at a restaurant for a bite to eat. It was evening about 7:30 and it was dark. We parked the car on a side street and got out to walk to the cafe. At that moment, a young thug got out of a passing car, approached us and put a gun in my face.

"Gimmie your purses!" He shouted and my friend turned and ran in the opposite direction (thanks, bitch). I stared down the pistol's barrel, paralyzed as he took my bag. He took off after my friend. He grabbed her purse right off her arm.

By this time, some people emerged from an underground parking structure entrance nearby having heard a commotion. The thug ran past them. I saw the small gathering crowd and yelled, "get him he's got our purses!"

The thug, realizing that some guys and me were chasing him, turned and fired a shot. I heard a loud pop and saw a muzzle flash. I felt a burning sensation in my middle just below my navel.

The zipper in my jeans caused the .22 caliber bullet to bounce off and I walked away unscathed.

Lesson learned: Never chase a thug with a gun.

In the very first McDonalds Monopoly game (Before it was corrupted), we won a trip to Disneyworld. Had to pay $200 taxes, though.

I met my wonderful wife by pure coincidence. That was the luckiest thing that ever happened to me.

Lost my checkbook on my college campus back in the 90’s. Weeks later, I’m walking through the woods back to my dorm and there is something laying in the middle of the path. My checkbook. It was not weather-worn or anything. It was like it appeared just as i walked up. Bizarre.

Years ago I was foolish enough to cross a fast moving stream on the ice. Ice broke and I luckily had my arms up reaching for a branch. My elbows stopped me from going under and being swept away. Managed to crawl out and make it back to town before I froze. Talking to people later I found that the next open bit of water was about a kilometre downstream.