Yesterday was a depressing day. I found out that while I was having a time of my life in Kuching, a friend who recently gave life to a new baby girl discovered she has terminal cancer, was operated on and started chemotheraphy, all in the span of the 4 days of my vacation. If a short 4 days, while I bragged about not having to doing anything but just waste time reading by the beach, a friend's life was overturned instantaneously.
While AD is battling to stay alive, a friend PH is battling to give life in a very difficult pregnancy. Meanwhile, another (PM) is starting to enjoy the joys of motherhood, while MM grieves over her mom's passing, after battling cancer for 4 years.
It just dawned on me how fragile and precious the spectre of time we have on this earth. Anything can happen in the next moment. Anything!
And the things that seemed so important to me at this moment - my work, DK, bills, money - all suddenly seems so trivial.
I know I shouldn't mull over this. This is after all how the universe works.
I know that shit happens in life. It always does.
But still, tragedy always awakens the soul.
We truly need to remind ourselves to live life as if this was your last day.
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