I recently heard about some tragic losses a few of my acquaintances faced lately, and I came to realise how precious and delicate our lives are.
There are no convenient truths. No guarantees. No orders or set amounts of time our loved ones will be there for us. No promises that how we feel now will be how we feel tomorrow. No promise that the health and relative wealth we enjoy today will be with us the next morning. There is a haunting touch of fragility in every single one of our lives, and facing up to it can be terrifying.
Whether the loss of a loved one is personal or public, it serves as an intense reminder for each of us to stop, reflect, and take inventory of our priorities in life. I didn’t know the people who died in a plane crash a couple of months ago. Or the people currently dying from Covid all around the world. But my heart breaks for them. For all of them, and for everyone who knew and loved them.
However, these thoughts have left me with a conviction to make the most of my days. Every time I travel and visit new countries with my family, I take a moment to pause and reflect on how lucky I am to experience this adventure. To be able to enjoy my life that I get to live with my family. To have them by my side. To share my experiences with the three people I love the most in the world.
Facing up to the fact that we all have a temporary place in this world should be a reason good enough to start living our lives. Making time for the people we love. Making time for ourselves. Making time for our dreams and our goals. Never taking anything or anyone for granted.
I shudder to think about loosing someone I love. It reminds me of the immense vulnerability that life is made up of. But bearing in mind how unpredictable and short it is, let’s do everything we can to make it a fulfilling one – by believing in love, forgiveness, and gratitude for the people and things that matter.
-SaaniaSparkle 🧚🏻♀️
*sniff* amen. Amen
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Sweet blog – I read several entries. This at 16! What a future you have in the world of letters. Hear hear!
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Amen. Well written. We are only here for a short time. We are pilgrims passing through.
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I understand you are a teen. When you reflect on life being fragile, indeed, enjoy life. But I ask of you and your teen friends to look at each other and contemplate on the fact that MANY boys of your young years went to war 80 years ago and did not come back. 🙂
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Understandable- May souls be with you, Shalom..
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So much truth here!
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Your thoughts of and about -/ LIFE IS FRAgile- is read by me just now.THE UNCERTAINTY OF FUTURE HAS DISTURBED YOU INVOKING SELF TO WRITE ABOUT IT.
Well fear is about your uncertainty of tomorrow.It indicates your helpness.dont be show.Today has come from the womb of yesterday and tomorrow will come.You faced yesterday so you will face tomorrow.This process is continuing since your birth and be their till you exist.Good replace bad and this also goes on.Winter brings summer and night brings shinning Sun.Why worry or your worry will not change the coming bad news.
I think of the past and analysis is made of mistakes I committed to or what mistakes I made to have enjoyed better.This is positive attitude,erase negativity.My blessings.
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Amounts of times are loved.. my computer is well haunted before friday the 13th
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Yes Life is fragile and we should cherish it. Sorry it took so long to come back and check your blog. I got caught up with college. Well I’m in class right now and it got boring fortunately, ’cause now I can read all your writings😂
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Beautiful words👍
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pranayama when to do
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Guten Tag
Als Kind war ich im Spiel
in alltäglichen Dingen
beheimatet in Angst
und Schrecken
von dem was die Alten
deren Worte
mich schlugen die
beheimateten Recken
Es war niemand da
der mich der Angst befreite
ich dachte mir
dass es Wege geben muss
der Befreiung
Ich wollte Erwachsen werden
es besser zu machen
doch die Erinnerung sagt mir
dass ich kein Glück brachte
mir anderen
die Verzweiflung
Da waren Menschen
wie Lichter und Sterne
am dunklen Himmel
sie leuchten noch immer
in meine verlassene
Kammer meiner Seele
Wir konnten uns nicht
umarmen nicht besitzen
heute will ich die Last
der Unvollkommenheit
in meinem schwachen Herzen
ertragen nicht missen
Ich frage mich nicht mehr
nach Glück und Segen
der täglich Versuch
mich bescheiden für
das Bessere bemühen
Herzliche Grüße
Hans Gamma
***
Good day
As a kid I was in the game
in everyday things
at home in fear
and horror
of what the ancients
their words
they hit me
domiciled stretching
There was nobody there
that freed me from fear
I figured
that there must be ways
of liberation
I wanted to grow up
to do better
but memory tells me
that I brought no luck
me others
the despair
There were people
like lights and stars
in the dark sky
they are still glowing
in my abandoned
Chamber of my soul
We couldn’t meet
hug don’t own
today i want the burden
of imperfection
in my weak heart
do not endure miss
I don’t ask myself anymore
for happiness and blessings
the daily trial
me humble for
strive for the better
Best regards
Hans Gamma
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Thoughtful, insightful essay on loss. I hope you don’t need to experience that feeling in truth for a long time.
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For someone outside looking in, this is beautiful. I have experienced lose on some many levels and this is true empathy and compassion for the process. I have a blog on this platform I started and abandoned 2 years ago for fear of exposing the vulnerable side of myself. The more I search and see posts like this, the more faith I have in myself to get my message out there!
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Life is definitely fragile,hence each moment counts.
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Beautiful post Saania.. Life indeed is fragile , temporary and yet we cling on to it as if it’s for ever..
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This fragility makes your inner-self strong.
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Loved it Sania. So true and heart warming to read it.. life is unpredictable so make most of each passing moment. Value your relationships and life around you 🤗👍
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As my mother (age 83) reminds me, each and every day is precious.
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Reblogged this on worldtraveller70.
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The unbearable truth of our fragility is, I hope, balanced by the essence of our ability to love. As has been said, “love, we take it with us.”
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