It’s a sad day at work, the owners son died this weekend at the ripe old age of 47.  I had met him a few times, talked martial arts and water skiing with him.  In fact we talked for about 40 minutes on the beach in Puerto Rico about 3 weeks ago.

And now he’s gone.

It really came to me that my biggest nightmare in life is to outlive my children.  I can’t even imagine what it must have been like for Al to have to go up and eulogize his son.  I can’t imagine what it must have been like for his brother and sister or his wife to have to do it, but my heart breaks for Al and his wife at having to bury their son.

It makes you really take a moment and realize what your life is like, what is important, what just isn’t.  I think that a lot of us get caught up in so much meaningless bullshit that we don’t take the time to really think about and appreciate the gifts that we’re given and how much we have to be thankful for.

Do yourself a favor.  Call everyone  you love and tell them.  Think about things that you’ve said to people, have always meant to take back, but haven’t.  Call them and apologize.  Don’t leave that sitting out there because you may never have the chance to tell them how you really feel.

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