In the blink of an eye...

This isn’t exactly the blog entry I’d planned to write today, but life changes in the blink of an eye. I got one of those phone calls you hope never to receive. Someone I know, someone with whom I’d become a colleague, someone I cared about and respected greatly died in a traffic accident on his way home from the office. Just like that. Gone.

So much potential yet to be realized. Loved by so many. Leaving a giant sucking hole in the life of everyone who knew, respected and loved him.

This has happened to me before, many years ago. Then it was my own brother. Beloved and taken out of life far too early. So much potential. Loved by so many. Another giant hole that will never be quite filled.

What do we do with days like this? How can we make sense of a life lost too young, whatever the age. Does tragic accident ever have meaning?

I can only say that, for me, it is a reminder that demands to be heard, loudly proclaiming its message: “Don’t wait! Live your life every day, every moment, every second, for every moment does, in deed, matter.”

Don’t put off till tomorrow. Tell the people you love how much you love them NOW! Make that call. Send that note. Heal that broken relationship. Live and love your life authentically.
For we never know when this moment may be our last chance.