A long time ago, I found myself in a Thai night market. Being a tourist, we overpaid for everything, because we couldn't help ourselves not being residents. There was this food stand, and they had two options for their snacks. Either sweet, or salty. We, at first, chose sweet. What they gave us, was a mini-taco looking snack, that was about 1.5 inches in length and filled with little orange strings, like grated carrots. I tried it (which was unusual for me to even try because I was very picky at that time) and it felt like literal heaven it was that good.
Some 2 hours later, we were enjoying ourselves playing pool in a bar at night. You could play games, arcades, and have a good time. About an hour in, we heard a terrifying explosion, feeling as the shock wave went through us following an ear-piercing boom. We rushed to the nearest corner with 2 other tourists and after a hot minute we realized, that a bomb went off 30 feet next to us.
I was scared beyond my life, never having experienced this level of fear, i couldn't even speak, and i was shaking like i had Parkinson's disease.
This was part of the August 2016 Thailand terrorist attacks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2016_Thailand_bombings
After what felt like hours, we left the scene. I realized that the fruit vendor that we saw earlier, was laying on the ground with a white cloth over her. She was claimed by the bomb.
We walked through the night market to our car. I distinctly remember looking at the ground for suspicious briefcases because i was still in major shock, and some disbelief. We entered the car, and I slouched down to the floor because I was scared for my life, that at any moment, someone can take it from you.
Recalling this fading memory of mine brings back this joy i felt eating those little tacos, and the fear for my life after that terrorist attack.
Any Minute, your whole life can change for better of for worse. Worse in this case being the loss of life, either someone close to you, or even your own.