Let me tell you about this crazy thing that happened to me a while back. It's one of those stories that makes you think life has a pretty twisted sense of humor.

It was just a normal day, you know? I was walking to school, still half asleep, hugging the wall like always. And suddenly, bam! I feel this sting on my shoulder that wakes me in a flash. I look, and there's the culprit: a scorpion with its tail up like it's saying "Surprise!"

That little bugger ran up the wall so fast I couldn't do anything about it. I figured it wasn't that dangerous anyway. But boy, did it give me a scare!

I headed back home with my heart racing. My mom, cool as always, gave me a glass of milk. "For the venom," she said. Then she told me, "Wait about 10 minutes, then head off to school." So there I was, sitting and thinking about my bad luck.

But here's where it gets wild. I leave the house 10 minutes late, and boom! An explosion out of nowhere. Turns out the fireworks makers' house, right where I usually walked, had blown sky high. A box of gunpowder they'd left outside all night, can you believe it? The house was in pieces, and the ones around it got hit pretty bad too.

And there I was, standing in the street, backpack in hand, jaw on the floor. Suddenly, that scorpion sting didn't seem so bad anymore. If it wasn't for that little critter, I would've been right there when everything went up.

Crazy, right? A scorpion made me late for school, but it gave me my whole future. Since that day, every time I see a scorpion, I almost want to thank it. And I learned that sometimes, what looks like a bad move from fate can be the exact opposite.

So you see, you never know when a rough patch might turn out to be your saving grace. Life's weird like that sometimes, I'm telling you.

Mauricio