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We go to class every day and can’t think of anything other than how we wish we were anywhere but here.
Among friends we joke about sleeping in class. We act like we don’t care about studying.
We downplay our academic progress, if we ever progress, and we take our friends for granted every single time we see them in the hall.
Every time I stop to talk with a friend in the hall, I end by saying , “I’ll see you around”, because it’s inevitable, or so we think. Now I realize I just might not ever see them again.
I wonder what the young man, Wesley Harwell, who tragically died just a week ago thought of before his death.
I like to think he had his friends, girlfriend, family, along with his bright future, on his mind seconds before his untimely demise.
Just like all of us he had a life, and he had a goal for his life.
He was majoring in auto body technology and wanted to make the best grades he could so he could get a solid degree and graduate onto a successful career.
Some of his friends were with him when the time came and there’s no doubt they’ll forever remember the day their friend left them.
They didn’t get to say goodbye.
It was just another school day, before he suddenly stopped breathing.
Yet, now I realize that there is no such thing as just another school day.
Every school day is different. We learn something new every single day in classes. We progress in knowledge and academics.
Every day we grow closer to our friends.
Each day we come closer to finding love, happiness, and a happy ending. But we never know when the ending will come.
That’s the reason we need to spend every day appreciating what we’re experiencing.
It’s old and tired to say that we should spend every day like it’s our last, but maybe we should.
We go through life without knowing when life will end and sometimes our life ends without warning, and we’re forced to leave our family and friends without a farewell.
Just like what happened to Wesley Harwell. May he rest in peace. |
