Synchronicity: I helped save a man's life yesterday - the Universe sent me a message

I helped save a man's life yesterday.

I went for a road trip because I had to get out of town. One of the reasons I needed to get away was that I was feeling down about things not working out with a woman and I had found out she was in a relationship. Right or wrong I was consumed with regret, what ifs, and "if onlies", among other things. I also thought about wallowing in my despair at home, but I decided to get out of town. There isn't a lot open due to the pandemic but things are starting to open up. On my way back home I decided to stop off at a home business that I had been to before. The type of business is irrelevant, but I called and there was no answer. It was a bit out of the way off the highway but I decided to go anyway because I didn't know when I'd be back down this way again given all the things going on in the world. It wasn't urgent but I felt compelled to go and I thought that they just might be outside or something.

Anyway, I get there and they just got home. These aren't friends. I had only met the owner once before. I quickly got what I needed and headed back to my car. It was a residential street and the road was closed except for local traffic. There were only a few houses on the street and the opposing side of the street had deep ditches and was in the process of being developed for something. Nothing going on on the street, which was at the outer edge of a residential neighbourhood. Before I headed out I checked my phone and was looking at some messages I had and even played one which was a video someone had sent me on FB. I was just checking to see what it was about and was going to watch it later, so about to head back on the road.

As I'm looking at my phone, a man called out to me. He came out of nowhere and was at the other side of the street. I live in Canada. He had a Spanish accent so I didn't quite make it out. I asked him if he needed help and as he turned I could see his shirt was bloody. He asked me to call an ambulance and told me that he tried to kill himself and he was depressed. He lifted his shirt which showed multiple stab wounds and he was holding a medium sized knife. The video was still playing on the phone and I erroneously tried to shut off the car radio, but ended up turning it on. I quickly shut it off and got out of the phone app to dial 911. I told him I was calling and, relieved, he went softly to the ground and lay there. As the number dialed, I then answered the "Police, Fire, or Ambulance?" question (Ambulance), I left my car to go toward him. As I walked toward him I started planning while I spoke to the 911 dispatcher. I went to him. He was conscious and I told him that I was speaking to 911 (or something like that). Meanwhile I was already planning: gotta get the first aid kit and gloves (in the kit) and help him while I put the dispatcher on speaker. As I started toward my car, I noticed some activity from the house (business) and their neighbours. A gentleman came out with a first aid kit and went to the man. I focused on touching base with the man and answering the dispatchers questions.

The first aid man rushed back to get gloves and I stayed with the man. He wasn't long and the man was conscious. Lots of blood mostly visible on his drenched shirt. I got more information from the man and relayed it to the dispatcher. I confirmed he stabbed himself multiple times and what his name was and what drugs, alcohol, or medication he had taken. Normal doses of prescribed medication. Then we got to the issue of the knife. I confirmed that the man was laying on the knife and the handle was sticking out. The dispatcher asked if I could remove the knife from the area and put it in a safe place, which I did.

The conversation with the dispatcher had ended so I went to my first aid kit (that I had already taken out) and got the gloves inside. I then when to the scene and picked up the a bloody wrapper and put it in a bag I had as it was blowing away. The ambulance came and I talked to one paramedic while the other attended to the man, and while the first aid guy stepped back. I showed her where the knife was and then stepped away while we waited for the police to come. The man was conscious and I told him that he had people right here who cared about him and his life and he said thank you but I could barely help him and he was noticeably weak. I told him that there were going to be more people to help him now and asked him to try to talk to them and I wished him well.

We waited for the police to arrive. There was a delay as the officer coordinated with the station and a colleague (he told us). He had gathered basic information and was then seeking to work with his colleagues to determine whether the man was stabbed by anyone and/or if he had stabbed anyone too. We had discovered from the man that he lived nearby and had gone through some stuff including a recent suicide attempt involving pills. He was worried about Coronavirus and the stigma about being held in a hospital for mental illness.

Some other points:

- I had a reason to go to this place but it wasn't urgent

- I think 99 times out of 100 I wouldn't have gone since I didn't get an answer when I had called just minutes earlier

- the man had stabbed himself in some nearby bushes, did he see me and decide to ask for help?; there was no one else on the road outside

- I had thought about pulling into the big driveway but decided to park on the street (did this man see me and come to me?)

- if I hadn't gone there, would he have stayed in the bushes (not sure what bushes but who knows?) or would he had just kept on walking?

- the first aid guy (husband of the business owner) told me that he wouldn't have noticed the guy he thought he was just walking by and he saw me there with my car and saw the man stop to talk to me, then the man dropped (after I told him I would call for help); he only looked because I was still there and had wondered why..he man's shirt was so red that you couldn't really tell it was blood and it didn't look really fresh so I think the man might have been in the bushes or someplace for a bit before deciding to get help...he might have heard me drive by—

- if I had driven away, maybe he doesn't come out? or he comes out further down the road where I'm all by myself and no one can see us (the road was closed and both the ambulance and police car had trouble accessing the spot as the GPS map wasn't not accurate

-if I wasn't there that day maybe the guy keeps walking and falls into the ditch next to the road and passes out and bleeds out?

I'm not sure if this man would have died if I was not there, but I am sure that the universe sent me there and he came to me for help. The universe also sent more help once I started to help. I didn't have to save him by myself which I am grateful for. (Sometimes I take on too much.)

I had also been preoccupied thinking about this woman which prompted me to go on this trip. It wasn't the only reason but it was heavily on my mind. I had put in my mind that there was still hope for this woman and me and I was shocked with her being in a relationship months later. It might have been her ex or a new bf, but this made the wound fresh.

There is no doubt that if I was in a relationship with this woman, instead of this other guy, then I would not have been where I was to help this man and that he may have died if I was not there. The universe put me there for a reason to help this man, with others. I was not supposed to be in a relationship with this woman, at this time anyway.

I am currently awaiting word on the man but I think he's going to be OK.

Do you agree that the Universe placed me there? Do you agree that part of the message from the Universe was that I'm not supposed to be with this woman (at the moment anyway) and that I'm headed where I'm headed because that's what the universe wants.

SYNCHRONICITY: the simultaneous occurrence of events which appear significantly related but have no discernible causal connection.

Synchronicity: I helped save a man's life yesterday - the Universe sent me a message

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