The Kitten Reminder
Tonight I am a little contemplative. I think it's perhaps because of what I first saw when I got out of the house this morning coupled with the scandals making headline news. Usually in my usual rush to work, the focus is about getting there on time, getting things done and ignoring all what else that might come between me and my goal. I get a little frustrated when things don't go my way. So when you open the front gate and come face to face with "death" it can be a little silent reminder on the brevity of life.
Don't worry, it wasn't someone by my front gate (if it were, I'd probably be in too much of a shock to write tonight.)
The "death" I saw was that of a young little kitten. At first glance I thought the little kitten was just having a nap by my neighbour's house, but upon closer inspection I realized that it wasn't moving, it wasn't breathing and that there was dry blood not too far from the kitten. The little kitten was gone and lost to this world. Its life cut short just like that. One mistaken step out in front of a passing car. A second too soon.
This image brings me back to a particular memory that has been embedded in my mind for a couple of years now. It's like a video clip that you would not erase. It's about a little puppy whose life was taken right before my eyes. The worst part was that there was nothing I could do about it. Playing on the pavement, this barely three month old puppy decides to play a game of hide and seek by the wheels of a car that was stuck in traffic. You probably can tell what happened when the traffic lights turned green. There I was witnessing all this and completely helpless in my car. In the space of a minute, the puppy's life was no more and it ceased to exist. Just like that. One mistaken decision.
So the kitten and the puppy had a similar fate. Who knows what our fate will be?
One mistaken step, one mistaken turn, one unexpected move. Our lives too could be gone in a matter of seconds. Sometimes when you don't get what you want or things don't always go your way, it isn't always necessarily a bad thing. It might even be for the better. As the saying goes, every cloud has a silver lining.
As it turns out, those who got to work late on the fateful day of September 11 were the lucky ones. So when things don't always go your way, rather than be frustrated and use up all your energy; I think the best way is to take a deep breath and be reminded of the brevity of life. Enjoy each and every minute of your life for who knows what will happen next. See the good things in life. Be positive.
No one knows what will happen tomorrow. What you do know is that when life is gone, it can never be taken back. Not even for a split second. Death is final. So do what you want to do and say what you want to say before you can't.
Don't worry, it wasn't someone by my front gate (if it were, I'd probably be in too much of a shock to write tonight.)
The "death" I saw was that of a young little kitten. At first glance I thought the little kitten was just having a nap by my neighbour's house, but upon closer inspection I realized that it wasn't moving, it wasn't breathing and that there was dry blood not too far from the kitten. The little kitten was gone and lost to this world. Its life cut short just like that. One mistaken step out in front of a passing car. A second too soon.
This image brings me back to a particular memory that has been embedded in my mind for a couple of years now. It's like a video clip that you would not erase. It's about a little puppy whose life was taken right before my eyes. The worst part was that there was nothing I could do about it. Playing on the pavement, this barely three month old puppy decides to play a game of hide and seek by the wheels of a car that was stuck in traffic. You probably can tell what happened when the traffic lights turned green. There I was witnessing all this and completely helpless in my car. In the space of a minute, the puppy's life was no more and it ceased to exist. Just like that. One mistaken decision.
So the kitten and the puppy had a similar fate. Who knows what our fate will be?
One mistaken step, one mistaken turn, one unexpected move. Our lives too could be gone in a matter of seconds. Sometimes when you don't get what you want or things don't always go your way, it isn't always necessarily a bad thing. It might even be for the better. As the saying goes, every cloud has a silver lining.
As it turns out, those who got to work late on the fateful day of September 11 were the lucky ones. So when things don't always go your way, rather than be frustrated and use up all your energy; I think the best way is to take a deep breath and be reminded of the brevity of life. Enjoy each and every minute of your life for who knows what will happen next. See the good things in life. Be positive.
No one knows what will happen tomorrow. What you do know is that when life is gone, it can never be taken back. Not even for a split second. Death is final. So do what you want to do and say what you want to say before you can't.
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