We Are Not Immortal

With all the horrible things happening in the world today, one can sometimes get lost in the tragedy of others. We think of how horrible it is that whatever happened to them happened to them. We feel bad and pray for them, at least I do. Maybe some of us put ourselves in their shoes, maybe we don't.

When we were younger, teenagers, life was great wasn't it? Nothing could ever go wrong. You never got hurt. No one ever died. Nothing ever happened to you or your family or your friends. You were invincible... Until something actually did happened. Well, then it's time to grow up fast. That's when you learn that people die, people get hurt, and that could include you or your loved ones.

When I was younger, I knew about cancer and other terminal diseases and illnesses, but I never thought any of that would happen to anyone I knew. Until it did. The first time it did, I was too young to understand. But, the second time... The second time was a huge reality check. I was not invincible. If someone I love can get cancer, it can certainly happen to me or others I love.

The big thing people don't understand is something I mentioned above: when we were younger, we thought we were invincible. That's part of the reason why teenagers are so reckless, they don't understand this concept because they've never been exposed to it, until they are exposed to it.

I'm not saying I was reckless before, but I'm certainly too careful now. The world isn't safe, maybe it never was. But, that shouldn't stop us from living the one life we are given. This is something we forget also. We aren't immortal, but we should at least live life to its fullest whether we are terminally ill, wheelchair bound, differently abled, depressed, or completely healthy. I admire those that do even  in the midst of all this terrible stuff happening.