ONE DAY, IT WILL BE YOUR TURN

Sheyda Shayne By

It was September 16th, 1994. I was a little boy back then. We used to own an Oceanside villa which we used to go to on vacations. It’s been over 20 years but I still remember everything in detail, just like it happened yesterday. It was a sunny day and my family was having a barbeque in the balcony. Our villa was only a few meters from the seashore. My dad used to always warn me about getting into the ocean but what do you expect from a 6 years old kid?!



I was playing on the shallow part close to the shore when I saw a huge wave getting closer to me. Before I can make any move at all, I saw myself being taken deep into the sea. For my age back then, I already knew how to swim in a small pool, but definitely not in the ocean. I screamed and asked for help from my Dad, but everyone was so busy with the barbeque that no one ever heard me. I moved my arms and legs crazily, but it didn’t help at all. I was getting farther and farther from the coast, until a point where I could hardly see my family. I felt insensible and was losing my consciousness slowly. I felt like everything around me is spinning. I lost my sense of time and place, I had no idea where I was or what I was doing.



Only a few seconds later, I felt like everything looked different. There was no sign of a blue sky anymore, but instead everywhere was filled with an extremely beautiful green color. I have never seen such a color in my life before. The sun seemed to be way bigger than a few minutes earlier, it was now turned into a huge rounded piece of light. It was not ordinary sunlight, my eyes were not bothered at all staring at it. Instead, it felt so great to stare at that light. I felt like I am floating on the sea, without any pain or difficulty. I don’t know how to get it into words, but I was feeling so calm and happy that I totally forgot about getting back to the shore. Nothing could make me feel better than that moment.



As I said I lost my sense of time, so I don’t know exactly how long I was in such a situation before I saw my Dad swimming toward me. It was so strange that I could see my Dad from above. I felt like a butterfly who is flying around and can see everything from the height. I saw my Dad panicking and swimming so fast toward me. He pulled my small body with his arms out of the water and carried me back to the shore. I screamed at him: “Oh no daddy, please! Please don’t take me back there, it feels so amazing here. I want to stay here.” But he didn’t seem to hear me.



Not sure how long it took, but a few moments later I opened my eyes while laying down on the shore, and saw my dad beside me who shouted happily: “He opened his eyes! He opened his eyes! Thank you so much dear God.” I felt so dizzy and lightheaded. I threw up some water and later was carried inside the house by my Dad. Later I found out that my 10 years old cousin, who was playing with the sands on the beach, saw me disappearing in the water and ran to ask for help from my Dad.



When I was older I realized that I had a near-death experience that day. I can’t explain to you what a wonderful experience it was. When I read about people with similar experiences on the web, I noticed that everyone said they saw a bright light, up in the sky. But I can tell you what I saw was way more unique than the lights of this world. It felt more like a source of all good feelings one can ever imagine, a source of love and joy. That’s all I can explain in words...