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… on the fragility of life.
… on the fragility of life.
Right now I’m a bit numb so I thought I’d compose a few words to help clear my mind a little. Yesterday was a fantastic day, everything you could ask for in a day. This morning I awoke as I do every morning. All was normal and happy. At about 8:30 however I received a call that smacked me a bit. It was from my work informing me that a colleague and mate of mine who I work rather closely with is in intensive care in a critical condition in hospital. I wish not to divulge the specifics of the “incident”… suffice to say that it was a violent, painful and life-threatening / life-changing accident and he is lucky to be alive. I guess this is the first time that someone I know has been seriously injured. I know that his injuries will dramatically affect his life and work.
It’s peculiar that within a period of 10 or 20 seconds a persons priorities and perspective can radically change. I guess the difficult thing is to find reason in seemingly unjust things happening to decent people. I find also a sense of frustration that I am perfectly healthy and well and can in no way share his burden. Right now my mind is filled with memories of previously insignificant things that now I view as priceless symbols of the magic of life; his laughter which is prominent throughout my working day, the sound that his boots make on the floor as he walks into work, the way that he constructs sentences in an entertaining and intelligent fashion…..
It’s frightening to think that friends and family are no less susceptible to pain, injury and death than they are laughter and health. I feel compelled to never utter a bad word against anyone nor raise a voice in anger again as I feel that regret is the hardest emotion to battle.
I remember witnessing a fatal plane crash as a boy. The most convoluted thoughts went through my mind, mostly to do with the reason that it was someone else’s loved one and not mine. I concluded that there was no reason. But for the grace of god go I, I guess.
Anyway, I pray his recovery will inspire many and it’s certainly humbled me indefinitely. Please be gentle with your fellow man-kind in the new year, you just never know what is around the corner.
Last edited by !Gn|T|0n; 12-29-2003 at 17:27.
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