A quick look at life

ok, so this has nothing to do with NZ, but I thought I would write about it anyway.

A guy I know from junior high and high school died this past week. I wasn't too close with him or anything, but I knew him well enough to be affected by the news. They aren't positive on the cause of death, but they think he simply fell in the shower and hit his head while vacationing in Mexico. I suppose that isn't the ideal way to go, but at least he didn't know what was coming.

I guess the thoughts that are bombarding my mind the most right now are those concerning the fragility of life and how any of us could go at any moment, even if we are as invincible as Kevin Doran. I guess this unfortunate event, among other things, has stressed the importance of living life to its fullest. By this I mean trying the things that scare you the most like jumping off a bridge, farming in a developing country where you speak little, if none of the language, go to chili with no visa, fly to an unreliable TN in Africa, or whatever else puts your completely outside of your comfort zone, cause who knows, tomorrow you could slip and fall in the shower and never wake up.