This week I want to share a bit of a personal story and I will keep it very short. Hope this will give you a perspective on life and time in general.

A College Friend

I’ll never forget the day I heard the news. I was just casually scrolling through FB. Then I saw a post by a friend about another friend that shook me to my core….

The friend, who the post was about, was my college mate. We both had started our college journey together.

We were pretty good friends. Whether working on college homework or partying over the weekend or going to a beach for a quick swim, we had our times together.

After College

After our college years, our life had taken different turns.

He had went on becoming an entrepreneur while I had chosen to go to a grad school. As a result, we grew apart. Not coz we had different paths in our lives in front of us but because, by then, we were living in different cities. Few years later, we were checking in once in a while but we hadn’t gotten a chance to meet in person yet.

The Post

On the post by this mutual friend of ours, they were organizing funeral for him. He was only 31 when he passed away. I just couldn’t believe what I was seeing and immediately called the friend who had posted it. To my disbelief, it was true. He had left for good at such a young age. I felt sick to my stomach. Couldn’t eat that day.

Was on my thoughts the whole day juggling between the memories we had and how his family might be feeling, etc.

Later, I came to think of the last time we had spoken or even just texted each other. Made me realize, you never know when someone’s last day on this planet is going to be. Specially when you’re young and healthy, no one even imagines something as tragic as this can happen to you.

But death doesn’t judge by age.

Tragedies don’t choose who to get to next.

You hear things happening to others until it happens to you or a close one.

Life is too FRAGILE

Don’t ever hesitate to check in on a loved one. Don’t ever put it for later to show your appreciation to someone.

Don’t ever leave a room for remorse or guilt for not calling that loved one.

Life is too fragile.

Treat each moment, each opportunity as the last one for you never know which one is the last one.

Life is too fragile.

Thank you for reading. Needed to let this one out.

Rest In Peace MA.