I think we never stop to think about this. Every day we live so busy and focused on our cyclical routines, immersed in the idea that these routines will last forever, that we never decide to take a moment to think about how short and fleeting life can be.

Recently, I've had to interact with two rather surprising cases that resulted in the death of someone else.

And thanks to that, I've taken a couple of minutes to think about our fragility and how fortunate I am to still be breathing.

Death is capricious, fair and unfair. It all depends on the lens through which you see it.

Case number #1.

A couple of weeks ago, a girl died along with her mother. I never met the woman, but I did know her daughter, since we ran into each other a couple of times in the same place.

Their story is almost unbelievable; they were an ordinary family. She was a college student, and her parents were ordinary, hardworking people.

Just two weeks ago, they had won a substantial prize in a raffle.

They won the grand prize, valued at approximately $50,000 or perhaps more (a 4Runner, a motorcycle, cash, a case of whiskey, an iPhone, and other goodies). Of everything they won, the grand prize was obviously the cash ($5,000), the SUV, and the motorcycle.

"When everything seems to be going perfectly and luck seems to be on your side, that's when the worst things happen and everything goes wrong."

After winning the prize, this family decided to take a trip to the beach to celebrate, a trip about two hours away from the town where we live.

This trip ended in a fatal accident on their way back. Their pickup truck collided with another vehicle, causing it to overturn and resulting in the deaths of the woman (the mother) and the girl (the daughter).

The other occupants of the vehicle survived: the father and husband of the deceased, an uncle of the deceased (the daughter), and her best friend. The latter was quite traumatized, as she suffered no serious injuries, considering the magnitude of the accident. She was practically unharmed. The two men who survived the accident sustained only minor injuries. The worst of it was the woman and her daughter.

Seeing these examples makes me open my eyes and mind a little more, prompting me to take a few minutes to reflect on how fragile our existence in this world can be.

"Sometimes life can be incomprehensible.""Sometimes life can be incomprehensible."

It doesn't matter your last name, your economic or educational level, nothing matters. When death comes to us, we are all equally fragile and vulnerable.

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