SHORTNESS OF LIFE
I arrived at work after taking a few days off ready to hit the ground running. Upon my arrival in the office, I was alerted by a notification of an online emergency meeting starting in 5 minutes time. “Emergency meeting! I wonder what that is about?” I thought. 5 minutes later, the meeting started and our Manager Director solemnly announced the passing of one of our colleagues in the most unfortunate accident. I couldn’t believe it! This was a person I saw on Saturday driving his company car in traffic. He was laughing and joyful as he spoke to his colleague in the car. Everything seemed perfect and it was going to be a great weekend. Little did I know that later that day he would be in an emergency room battling for his life in excruciating pain and in a few days he would be no more. After the announcement, there was a stunned silence as everyone was in shock. There was no warning for this. There was a sudden shift in everyone’s day as it became dark and gloomy....