The scariest thing that has ever happened to me.

Introduction

This essay describes my scariest experience in life which happened two years ago in the second year of my graduation term

The Disclosure

The local Red Cross society had organized its half yearly blood camp choosing our college campus as the venue . I had always an inexplicable apprehension in donating blood , never having donated an ounce before But on that particular occasion , many of my friends donated blood , which created a kind of social pressure on me to participate in the event . On the last day of the camp , I

went ahead and enrolled in the list of donors . It was slight pain and a little weakness , which was more imaginary than real , in my perception . A day later and I was feeling fine as ever

Things followed their usual routine for a couple of weeks and one day when I received an envelope from the Red Cross society , I assumed it to be a note of thanks from them . The shock that the content of that note gave me is still etched vividly in my memory . In just one line it stated that my blood could not be accepted for donation as it was found HIV positive . Sweating and trembling I tried to comprehend the meaning of these words as they kept getting in and out of focus

Effect and Impact

I 'd always thought that `earth shifting beneath the feet ' is a figure of speech- at that moment I found how true it could be . There was...