Tomorrow may not come ...

So I didn't mean to kick off my interest in blogging on something as sad as this, but this incident touched me and I thought I should use this blog as my canvas to convert thoughts into words.

As I was relaxing at my uncle's home around noon on this Sunday, after a morning of soccer with my colleagues from work, I hardly knew my rest of the day would completely change its course from what I had planned. One of my uncle's good friends, who lived with his wife and two young children, was out deep sea fishing with friends, when suddenly the phone rang and I found out he suffered a heart attack and passed away on the way to the hospital. This was the most shocking news I have heard in a long time, and I couldn't believe what I had heard. I just couldn't believe that a charismatic young man in his 30s, who I had seen only a week ago at an Eid party, in the best of spirits, smiling and jovially talking to everyone, isn't alive to see tomorrow. It was hard to swallow the fact that I wouldn't see him ever again, and my heart goes out to his wife and kids, who have to bear this immense loss.

After hearing this dreadful news, I sat alone at home thinking about life, death and everything in between. Nowadays I feel people are so engrossed in their everyday lives that they have totally forgotten that these peaceful lives of theirs can change course in the blink of an eye. Who would have thought that he would pass away today, on this beautiful Sunday morning?

It can sound harsh that he left behind two little kids who have lost their father in one morning... but thats the ugly side of life. Life is just too short to be spent on insignificant things such as fighting, arguing and in some cases not even upholding the ties of kinship etc.... Day in and day out, we see people holding grudges against their neighbors, relatives, friends and even their closest family members (parents, siblings); for what? Today they are there, tomorrow they might not be .. and then these grudges wouldn't even hold any meaning or significance.

It is really hard to cope with death ... in this case I only knew the deceased man (May God let him enter paradise) through my uncle, and yet I feel as if I have lost someone very close to me. I just wanted to tell everyone that Life is just too short to waste time on insignificant things ... make time for those who love you and for those who you love and value people when they are alive .. not after they are long gone from this world.