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How Fragile is Life…

Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, Christina Mauser, John, Keri and Alyssa Altobelli; Payton and Sarah Chester; and Ara Zobayan were not expecting to be casualties of a devastating helicopter crash on the morning of January 26, 2020…yet, it came to be…

My mom used to say, “Tomorrow is not promised to any of us. Live each day as if it were your last.”  She always reminded us children that we needed to love one another, and to be grateful that we were fortunate to wake up every morning…because tomorrow was not a promise…

How Fragile is Life…so much so, that we must live it with joy…happiness…forgiveness…humility…appreciation…gratitude…wonder…thankfulness… awe…strength…courage…honesty…compassion…peace…reflection…thoughtfulness…focus… adventure…integrity…wisdom…truth..love…love…and more love…giving love beyond your comfort zone…unconditionally…to all who pass your way.

No matter how long or short our journey here, once we leave it all behind, our story is written…no matter how or what the circumstance of our departure, we must live each day as if it were our last, and to the fullest…The lives of those on that helicopter on that fateful day, were journeys on a path that intersected with their cycles of life…

We know not the day or the hour…and we must not spend our moments in anticipation of when …why…or how…it is only our journey to live…love…and be the best of ourselves to one another…to our surroundings…and to ourselves…

How Fragile is life…in cosmic time, it is only moments…fluid and fleeting…waiting for no one…life is in constant motion and transition…cycles of beginnings…and endings…from one form…to another…change is inevitable…

Celebrate the lives that have left us…the fragility of life is a constant reminder that we must embrace it with love and acceptance…and forge our paths with gratitude…leaving behind the best of our moments…and the best of ourselves.

How Fragile is Life? It’s here today…and tomorrow? Meet it with Love…Life is too short for anything less than Love….