A Sad but Hopeful Saturday.

I woke up early enough to catch my daily Friday processing. When I checked my work phone, I was shock to see my officemate April’s text about Daryl. He just passed away today.

I sat down for a moment. Feeling numb, hand gripping my celphone. My mind was not thinking. Then suddenly, tears started bursting out. I don’t know much about Daryl but I know he is a good person, a good friend of April’s and definitely so much more.

It was Thursday when I asked April about his condition. He had his knee operation due to an injury. It was successful. But after some time, he began to feel weak. He was admitted again to the hospital. He started needing blood donation. April doesn’t know the cause of his sickness. Everyone is praying for his speedy recovery. Everyone is waiting for his arrival back home safe and recovered.

It was too sudden. Too much to handle. He was just 24. A lot of things ahead of him. He still has work to catch up, find a girlfriend, more places to visit, get married, have kids, get goofy, eat good food, be a blessing to others. He did not make it to Christmas. :’((

As I still sat there in my seat, I realize for a lot of times already that life is short. And that on a snap, you can either be here or on the other side of the world. We never truly know what will happen later in the afternoon, much more tomorrow or the next month. We don’t have to wait for something bad to happen for us to realize the true meaning of living life. We have one life to live. It’s God’s awesome gift to us. We are on this earth in a temporary journey… mingling with other souls, human beings. Along the way we will experience all sorts of challenges.. some can make us happy, other times frustrated, and sometimes sad. People might make us sad. Situations and career and all sorts of worldly worries like money, power can make us go crazy.

In the end, we are going to ask ourselves this very question: What matters to you? Are we going to waste our life worrying about tomorrow? Are we going to hold grudge on someone who treat us unfairly? Who abuse us? It’s hard to let go of the past. It’s hard to let go of the things that possessed us, that make us who we think we are. But always go back to the question of what matters to you and you will wake up in your senses. We all do.

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I pray for Daryl’s soul. May he rest in peace with Our Lord. You will be missed.

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Let us take a moment to be thankful for another day filled with hope and love. Life is beautiful. Treasure everything. Live as if today is your last.

God bless everyone!