Suprise!! You are Choking

Surprise is always followed by a secondary emotion.
“Surprise!!!” it’s your birthday, is followed by elation.
“Surprise” you’re mother is dead, is followed by devastation.
One time I choked on a piece of popcorn and it was powerfully surprising. The secondary emotion was subtle and unexciting I think it was slight appreciation. Appreciation that I had not died or perhaps escaped the need to make a public scene, as it happened in a theatre. I am glad that in my life I have felt Surprise-Appreciation….but I hope I don’t feel it again.