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Originally Posted by Joeaksa
Same here. Really made me start thinking about things. I have far too many projects and just "crap around the house" that I have waiting to do in my life.
Maybe its time to start paring these down, enjoy what I have and start enjoying life a bit more...
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Spot-on.
I've been thinking about this a lot. I'm not getting any younger and time is precious and fleeting.
A co-worker of mine (guy whose office is literally right next to mine) started complaining about a pain in his shoulder three weeks ago. Went to the doc figuring he'd get a cortizone shot. They found a cancerous growth. He went out of work two weeks ago and hasn't been back. Got word last week he had emergency gall bladder surgery and then the bomb got dropped yesterday - he's not coming back at all. They've discontinued treatment and he's been sent home under hospice care with two weeks to live at the outside. He's only 59 and has three kids. A few "old timers" who are good friends with him in the office went to go visit him Wednesday night and were pretty distraught yesterday.
Unreal.
Super nice guy too - he helped ground me somewhat as I can get pretty passionate at times. His approach was always to be super laid back and deflect the confrontations, and I admired that. He's one of those guys who was never loud or aggressive, always smooth and led a pretty simple, happy life. It always seems to happen to the good people - never the jerks who deserve it. I really feel for his family.
Life is way, way too short to be consumed by minutia. Any one of us could find out at any moment we've got three weeks, or four, or maybe no warning at all.