RE: Reflection: Life is Fragile! Enjoy and Appreciate it While You Can!
I think we all like to think old age would take us and all the ones around us. Sadly that is rarely the case even with all our fancy tech and breakthroughs happening all the time.
I’ve lost a few suddenly over the years and I’m not even that old. Most of it was to stupid things like violence or drugs. Young age makes people think they have decades ahead of them so they don’t treat the gift of life like it should be. Not something you should live the rest of life in fear but at least some respect for limitations here or there.
I was very blessed this year to lose someone who knew it was coming. Even wrote me a goodbye card. Somethings in life like that make you really appreciate the amazing gift it is. Most never get have such an opportunity.
I guess it's part of the cycle of life and experience.
When we're kids, we have not a worry in the world. When we're young, we think we're virtually immortal and do "whatever we can" without regard for consequences... and we may even think of older people who are "taking care of their health" as paranoid or obsessive.
My first serious wake-up call was my cousin Brian who seemed to be a happy and balanced person; in his early 30's he keeled over and died for no reason at all, leaving a wife and two young kids.
I'm glad you got to experience that level of closure with your friend... that's pretty awesome, not to mention rare.