Getting a funny feeling that someone we hardly knew a decade ago had died

In 1994 my husband was thumped by a man in London: the man had road rage, he had gone completely berserk after a minor car accident involving my husband. We had not known or heard of this man before the incident, he was a complete stranger. We later found out his name from the police who investigated the incident. The man was in his 20s, very young. We had no further contact with him of any kind after the incident, we did not know anyone who knew him or had any knowledge of him.<br /> My husband was injured in the incident, and his back has not been right since, so you can imagine there was some resentment against the man.<br /> By 2005 we had moved miles away from London in a new town. We were getting ready to go out to an event and my husband and I talked briefly about the incident in 1994, his back was quite , and as we talked I suddenly felt the man who had assaulted my husband so long ago was now dead. And I told my husband so. I felt quite sorry for the man for the first time, he was controlled by his anger, and I forgave him.<br /> That same afternoon at the event we had been getting ready for when we had the conversation, my husband and I met for the first time a woman. This woman said she came from the part of London we used to live in, and we got talking. London is a big place, but it is also an interesting place, and we love talking about it, we discussed where we used to live and also the incident Where my husband was injured. She looked a bit oddly at us, and then said she knew about the incident, named the man, she said she knew him a bit, he was a much nicer character now but sadly he had just recently died in an accident.<br /> Probably a coincidence, but something like that sticks in your mind and is a reminder to forgive before it is too late.<br />