Sheriv
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I have not personally been affected by death in two years. And by that I mean, no immediate family or close friends.
I have however heard of four untimely deaths of people I would consider acquaintanences or people I knew in my community (in one case virtual community)
The first and most shocking was a former coworkers son, 11 years old died in his sleep. Absolutely no foul play is suspected and the unofficial cause of death at this time is medical.
The next, a good friends mother was diagnosed with bladder cancer this past spring. She was young by anyone's standards in her fifties. The cancer had spread before surgery to her intestines and uterus...do she had a bit more surgery than expected but her prognosis was still very good. She checked into a hospital two weeks ago with a very high fever, exploratory surgery showed that she had massive amounts of cancer through out her abdomen and was septic, she was sent home for hospice and passed away very quickly there after.
The next was a high school senior in our community that passed away unexpectedly the day before school. There is no official word on how but it's unlikely to be drugs or suicide or undiagnosed medical conditions, but who knows.
Then I see that a member of IMF/ASF has passed away for complications related to gun shot wound-so essentially he was murdered.
My take away from this series of unrelated untimely deaths has emphasized one point that I think many people forget, myself included. We are all human beings with a finite amount of time and that time may be clipped unbelievably short.
I think people would do better by themselves and others if they always try to keep in mind that every day that you wake up is an opportunity to enjoy life, be kind to yourself and try to adhere to the basic premise of "do unto others as you would have them do unto you". It doesn't cost anything, it isn't that difficult to do.
Peace
I have however heard of four untimely deaths of people I would consider acquaintanences or people I knew in my community (in one case virtual community)
The first and most shocking was a former coworkers son, 11 years old died in his sleep. Absolutely no foul play is suspected and the unofficial cause of death at this time is medical.
The next, a good friends mother was diagnosed with bladder cancer this past spring. She was young by anyone's standards in her fifties. The cancer had spread before surgery to her intestines and uterus...do she had a bit more surgery than expected but her prognosis was still very good. She checked into a hospital two weeks ago with a very high fever, exploratory surgery showed that she had massive amounts of cancer through out her abdomen and was septic, she was sent home for hospice and passed away very quickly there after.
The next was a high school senior in our community that passed away unexpectedly the day before school. There is no official word on how but it's unlikely to be drugs or suicide or undiagnosed medical conditions, but who knows.
Then I see that a member of IMF/ASF has passed away for complications related to gun shot wound-so essentially he was murdered.
My take away from this series of unrelated untimely deaths has emphasized one point that I think many people forget, myself included. We are all human beings with a finite amount of time and that time may be clipped unbelievably short.
I think people would do better by themselves and others if they always try to keep in mind that every day that you wake up is an opportunity to enjoy life, be kind to yourself and try to adhere to the basic premise of "do unto others as you would have them do unto you". It doesn't cost anything, it isn't that difficult to do.
Peace