Perspective

I will keep this short because I don't want to keep writing about my friend's death, but I haven't been able to think of much else since I got the news. Today, though, as I started to get back to doing the normal everyday things I need to do, I thought about what people often say -- what I've probably said myself -- when someone passes away, that it makes you see what's really important. While I understand the sentiment, I think that I had/have a pretty good handle on that. I spent a lot of time yesterday considering whether I had any regrets when it came to my friend. Obviously, I would have hoped to see him again, but I feel like we did the most we could with the time we had. We let each other know how much we cared, and we talked about what was most important to each of us. Those are good things not to leave unsaid. And we had fun -- a lot of fun, and the value of that should never be under-estimated.

We can only spend so much time on "what's really important". Most of us have jobs, bills, kids, and other responsibilities that demand our attention. I'm losing steam here, and I can't tell if I've managed to make my point. Maybe another time.