Life is a short and fragile thing. I believe that I should live everyday like it is my last.

Watching graduation last night has made me realize how fast life goes by. It seems like one week ago that I was chasing girls at recess and now I am chasing girls at high school. “Life’s short” is a common phrase that is overused, stitched on pillows and used as a computer wallpaper. All it takes is a simple look into the meaning. I will put it in a more abrupt way; we could all die in thirty seven seconds. As we sit here there could be a huge explosion or I could just choke on my own spit as I’m talking and die. As I thought about this idea more I realized something. What if I really did choke on my spit and die? What are some things that I have never done, that I just missed out on because I put it off until tomorrow. If I’m extremely attracted to someone, my first feeling is fear. I don’t want to go talk to the pretty girl. Why don’t I though? What is the worst that could happen? She laughs and walks away, life goes on. I’ve realized that time goes on whether I am ready for it to or not and every second passed being scared of something is a second wasted that could have been used doing something I’ve never done before. I’ve spent to many hours sitting on my bed feeling bad for myself and thinking about why my circumstances are worse than others. I have spent to many hours sitting doing absolutely nothing. Life can come to an abrupt end at anytime and I’ve realized that every second that goes by puts me a second closer to death and I want the last thing I say to someone to be something that I mean not some stupid fight ending in a horrible insult and although this is completely against the rules of writing, I want to take the opportunity in this assignment to tell all of you that I love you, all creepiness aside, I love every single one of you, yes even you Haley. For the most part I take all of my friends for granted and life isn’t about taking things for granted it’s about seeing something and looking at it like it’s the first time you’ve ever seen it.  The only way to live each day is to pretend like there is no tomorrow because there just might not be, this I believe.