I had written this thought sometime last year but am sharing it here now. It is as relevant today as it was when I first wrote it.

As we are nearing the end of the first quarter of the year, its time to re-look at all that you’ve done versus all that you have wanted to do for yourself when you began the year. No point in reaching the end of the year and then wishing you had done more, right? I don’t want to sound like I’m preaching but even if I do, I am taking the liberty of saying it hoping it reaches someone out there who needs to hear it the most today.

‘You are your responsibility. So take good care of yourself.’

In the last one week that I was on holiday, I received news of two deaths. One, a member of my extended family and the other a friend’s friend. They were both young – one in his late forties and the other in her late fifties. Both good humans with a zest for life and with a number of dreams for the future. One had a known ailment which hadn’t in any way been an impairment in meeting responsibilities and living life. No one thought the ailment would kill this fast. The other had a family history, of death by cardiac arrest. Both father and grandfather had died in their fifties of the same reason. One hadn’t heeded the doctor’s advice and the other hadn’t ever felt the need to visit a doctor until then.

Destiny or failure to take precaution? I don’t know. While I pray for both their souls to rest in peace and pray for strength for both families, I realize that this is a wake-up call to all of us – old and young, men and women. Don’t wait for things to happen to take responsibility for yourself and for those around you.

Life is not in our control. But Living it, is!

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