On Life and Death

It's funny how life works sometimes.

I just found out through the Indiana Daily Student today that the daughter of a professor I had Junior year just passed away yesterday. She was killed in a head on collision while driving to her work in Indianapolis. The accident was not her fault. She was only 24.

I also interviewed an 86 year old who has been a leader in Bloomington and campaigned for homelessness. She's an extremely interesting woman to talk to. A relgious woman who raised seven kids mostly on her own, she has also held down two jobs during most of this time. She considers herself having had a good life and very blessed. At 86, she's still going strong physically and emotionally (as far as I can tell). Her father lived to be 94.

I guess the two ends of the spectrums that I experienced today just goes to show again that you really never know which day will be your last. It's not fair to go so early and it really is a blessing to be able to lead a long life. From Martha, I learned that one of the most important key to appreciate life is to be able to gain the wisdom in knowing how to live and the grace to do it well.