Eternal memories of a friend.
It is interesting how life works. We live our lives making our connections but never expecting the worst. Especially with people who are considered young for us. What is considered young is also subjective. I am reaching my 40s this Saturday and have a different perspective on what is young or old compared to my 20s version. Death is always around and some times difficult to avoid it. We can die in accidents, diseases, or anything. Our body is fragile and our biology depends on an important synchronization.
It is interesting to meet old school friends at a reunion after years away. Most of them kept in touch so they are aware of things that happened with many former colleagues. So In that meeting, I heard that three former colleagues passed away. One died of leukemia in his 20s, a girl committed suicide during college and another guy died of COVID-19. These three former colleagues left the world before getting the mark that I am getting on Saturday. It is usually uncommon for me to think about someone dying before reaching their 60s. So despite an initial shock when I heard this type of news, it is a good reminder for me about death. I felt like death was whispering in my ears, "Hello, I still exist".
Despite an initial shock, these former colleagues didn't have a big importance in my life. In my life, I had two important friends, that were older than me. One of them is still alive. They were friends of my parents and they were always around in some family events. Both are examples of a very successful life on different paths, very different. But still, they were always welcoming and good to chat. I chose both to be my wedding witness when signing my civil marriage certificate. The one that passed away, left us a couple of years ago. He was a true example of a person. Kind and always helping everyone. He wasn't young like my former colleagues. But he wasn't old, for me of course. He was in his mid-50s and he had cancer. Even living far from him while he had cancer, I could follow through my parents all his treatment paths that failed.
He was an important sports commentarist in our city. I watched him and heard on the radio when he was commenting about sports. His only family was his sister and our friend's community. He passed away without a wife or kids. I never had some intimacy to ask him why for that. He lived so intensely in his career that maybe he was completely this way. The way of caring for others was a very important lesson and I think a bit about every day. Two weeks ago I re-watched the DVD of my wedding and I showed this guy to my kids. And explained that he was a very important person in our lives but now isn't with us.
In our lives every time we see people going away. Sometimes it can be sooner than expected. Sometimes a person is already very old and we feel that death is already knocking on their door. Some of them were a good example for us, and these people are going to keep them as immortals in our minds and hearts. In this case, cited also in my wedding DVD until it breaks.
É interessante como a vida funciona. Vivemos nossas vidas fazendo nossas conexões, mas nunca esperando o pior. Especialmente com pessoas que são consideradas jovens para nós. O que é considerado jovem também é subjetivo. Estou chegando aos 40 anos neste sábado e tenho uma perspectiva diferente sobre o que é jovem ou velho comparado à minha versão dos 20 anos. A morte está sempre por perto e, às vezes, é difícil evitá-la. Podemos morrer em acidentes, doenças, ou qualquer outra coisa. Nosso corpo é frágil e nossa biologia depende de uma sincronização importante.
É interessante encontrar antigos amigos da escola em uma reunião após anos afastados. A maioria deles manteve contato, então estão cientes das coisas que aconteceram com muitos ex-colegas. Nessa reunião, ouvi que três ex-colegas faleceram. Um morreu de leucemia aos 20 anos, uma garota cometeu suicídio durante a faculdade e outro cara morreu de COVID-19. Esses três ex-colegas deixaram o mundo antes de alcançar a marca que estou alcançando neste sábado. Normalmente, não é comum para mim pensar em alguém morrendo antes de chegar aos 60 anos. Então, apesar de um choque inicial ao ouvir esse tipo de notícia, é um bom lembrete para mim sobre a morte. Senti como se a morte estivesse sussurrando em meus ouvidos: "Olá, eu ainda existo".
Apesar do choque inicial, esses ex-colegas não tinham uma grande importância na minha vida. Na minha vida, tive dois amigos importantes, que eram mais velhos que eu. Um deles ainda está vivo. Eles eram amigos dos meus pais e estavam sempre presentes em alguns eventos familiares. Ambos são exemplos de uma vida muito bem-sucedida em caminhos diferentes, muito diferentes. Mas ainda assim, sempre foram acolhedores e bons para conversar. Escolhi ambos para serem minhas testemunhas de casamento ao assinar o certificado de casamento civil. O que faleceu, nos deixou há alguns anos. Ele era um verdadeiro exemplo de pessoa. Gentil e sempre ajudando a todos. Ele não era jovem como meus ex-colegas. Mas não era velho, para mim, claro. Ele estava na casa dos 50 anos e tinha câncer. Mesmo morando longe dele enquanto ele tinha câncer, pude acompanhar através dos meus pais todo o seu tratamento que falhou.
Ele era um importante comentarista esportivo em nossa cidade. Eu o assistia e ouvia no rádio quando ele comentava sobre esportes. Sua única família era sua irmã e nossa comunidade de amigos. Ele faleceu sem esposa ou filhos. Nunca tive intimidade para perguntar por que isso. Ele vivia tão intensamente sua carreira que talvez fosse completamente dessa maneira. A maneira como ele cuidava dos outros foi uma lição muito importante e penso nisso todos os dias. Duas semanas atrás, re-assisti ao DVD do meu casamento e mostrei esse cara para meus filhos. E expliquei que ele era uma pessoa muito importante em nossas vidas, mas agora não está mais conosco.
Em nossas vidas, sempre vemos pessoas indo embora. Às vezes, pode ser mais cedo do que o esperado. Às vezes, uma pessoa já é muito velha e sentimos que a morte já está batendo à sua porta. Alguns deles foram um bom exemplo para nós, e essas pessoas vão permanecer imortais em nossas mentes e corações. Nesse caso, citado também no meu DVD de casamento até que ele quebre.
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If it is in ur memory, gonna live for ever. 💌
Yes or until I start having memory problems hehehe
Word haha. Cheers bro. ⚡🤛🏻
It's sad when people leave our lives too soon, It's happened to me many times over the years. Never gets any easier!
!BBH
Life is always a mystery , but this part I don't enjoy!
We never had a reunion but I hear now and then about them from mostly my mom cuz she keeps track of what happens. One of my old classmates for example she went to Japan and became a model and was in big fashion magazines and so on there and then she got back to Sweden and is part of some popular reality shows here behind the scenes. I know at least 3 that died of an overdose of some drugs and one that shot himself in the head, one of them that died of an overdose I think of a lot still because I used to be really close to them since childhood and went to pre-school with them and then went to school for pretty long with his sister who I was really in love with back then... It makes you think of yourself a lot also which might seem selfish but that's just how it is.
Wow I am sorry for that... in my case I was pretty distant from many of my colleagues!
People see death has an enemy due to the negativity attached to it but it is just a reminder that whatever has a beginner has an ending, something that reminds us to be grateful for being alive and be aware of the time we have left.
Well, I believe people have different perspective about marriage and having kids, I guess he got married to his career which is sport, to him that must have been all that matters.
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é muito louco pensar que realmente a vida é um sopro... tenho alguns conhecidos que também morreram muito novos e realmente a gente nunca imagina que isso pode acontecer
Bem triste mesmo! mas 'e a vida .... dificil de acreditar mas temos.
Life itself is a mystery and death makes it more mysterious. The death of a loved one is really a painful experience
Algumas amizades são assim, intensas e independente do tempo juntas, as memorias e boas lembranças se eternizam em nós. Sinto pela sua perda, deve dar muita saudade, mas enquanto existirem memorias, acredito que todos que se foram ainda estão vivos.
Really sad to hear about your friend, I also lost a dear friend of mine, when I was kid. His Name was Taj. He passed away at a really young age because of an water accident. This post reminded me of him.
When we lose those close to us, we realize just how close death really is. We realize that it can be us any time. It could be our turn and we're not even ready for that yet. This should always serve as a reminder to always live in the moment. To love and be loved, because truly, no one knows tomorrow.
Yes we usually live sedated not thinking about death. Only these moments bring it closer to us.
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