Fragile

Humans being can be demonstrate great acts and series of determined and probably once thought impossible feats but yet at the same time, the human life is as fragile as a slip of paper. Once torn it can never be put back as the same as it was before.

It's really sad that I chanced upon this in the news today - Link

The mildly surprising thing was the male victim is actually a close friend of my cousin. For what reasons did they decide to do what they did which led to their demise I am unsure, but I'm sure it hurt a lot of their loved ones.

Life is certainly unpredictable, well today and possibly gone tomorrow. This brings to mind of a song, September, by Daughtry:

"Yeah we knew we had to lose this time
But we never knew when, and we never knew how
We would end up where we are
Yeah we knew we had to leave this town
But we never knew when, and we never knew how
Never knew anything"

We don't know what lies ahead, whether it's another tomorrow or an end - but the important lesson here is to treasure and appreciate what you have instead of thinking of what you lack. Otherwise when things happen, it becomes past tense and there's no going back.

My sincere condolences to the victims and their families and friends out there.