As it had always been

In the face of the recent horrifying earthquake and tidal waves that wrecked the east coast of Japan, my Facebook news feed was swamped with status updates of acquaintances that goes along the line of, "Life is fragile" or "If you were to die today, would you have any regrets?", and the like.

I wish we didn't need a catastrophe to come to the realization that life is fragile, as it had always been, always is and always will be. To make such statements would mean that we are taking life carelessly and for granted in every day and every moment of our lives.

Perhaps it is a common flaw amongst us to keep glancing back into the past and always staring too far into the future but never seeing the present we are living in the moment. If only we can see the fragility of the present at every single moment.