Life is Fragile
Those were the words my cardiologist told me on my first visit to his office following a near fatal heart attack at the age of 37. Life is fragile and there are no guarantees. As I hear of people dying each day like Jack Kemp or Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart I am constantly reminded of those Doctor’s words nearly 15 years ago.
As we go about our life and get caught up in “living the dream” it is very easy to lose focus of just how fragile life really is. It usually takes a tragedy or a traumatic event in our life to “wake us up”. For some of us, like me, it might take several events to get our attention. All we have is right now; there are no guarantees to the longevity of your life. I have a good friend who used to say all the time, “Do you know when you are going to die? Well then you better start living.”
Fortunately, or maybe unfortunately depending how you look at it, I have had 3 or 4 situations where I was either dead or should have died. I died during my first heart attack and was brought back with a couple of jolts from the paddles. I have been in a car wreck and caught in two whirlpools while rafting that could have ended my life. I have also faced personal tragedies growing up which is probably another blog one day. And despite these life experiences, I continue at times, to get caught up in the day-to-day struggles, drama and frustrations of “life”. So I know it is very easy to lose focus of what really is important and valuable in this world.
So have your dreams and ambitions, succeed and do your best, develop the habit of going the extra mile and be who you were meant to be. But remember all these worldly “things” can be gone in the blink of an eye. What endures is Love and Relationships. Both are eternal. Remember, Life is Fragile. Cherish it and go live it.
God Bless, Art
As we go about our life and get caught up in “living the dream” it is very easy to lose focus of just how fragile life really is. It usually takes a tragedy or a traumatic event in our life to “wake us up”. For some of us, like me, it might take several events to get our attention. All we have is right now; there are no guarantees to the longevity of your life. I have a good friend who used to say all the time, “Do you know when you are going to die? Well then you better start living.”
Fortunately, or maybe unfortunately depending how you look at it, I have had 3 or 4 situations where I was either dead or should have died. I died during my first heart attack and was brought back with a couple of jolts from the paddles. I have been in a car wreck and caught in two whirlpools while rafting that could have ended my life. I have also faced personal tragedies growing up which is probably another blog one day. And despite these life experiences, I continue at times, to get caught up in the day-to-day struggles, drama and frustrations of “life”. So I know it is very easy to lose focus of what really is important and valuable in this world.
So have your dreams and ambitions, succeed and do your best, develop the habit of going the extra mile and be who you were meant to be. But remember all these worldly “things” can be gone in the blink of an eye. What endures is Love and Relationships. Both are eternal. Remember, Life is Fragile. Cherish it and go live it.
God Bless, Art
