...thinking out loud

…here’s something to think about…
…Why is it that whenever we invite our friends to our birthdays or any other important events in our lives, they have a gazillion reasons not to be able to make it. Everybody’s so busy with their lives that attending a party is the least of their concerns. Who can blame them? I mean, parties are there all year round. We can always go to the next event when were not too busy, right? That’s just a fact of life.
…but, i wonder… how come when a person dies, there’s no need for an invitation for friends to be there. No matter how busy they are with their own lives, they would make time for the “friend” who went on ahead. Too bad the person can no longer enjoy those moments with his/her friends.
…why is it so difficult to gather those people important to you when you were still alive? it’s like what my teacher kept telling us before, “People give the most beautiful flowers to a person when he or she’s dead… they give candles, prayers, time and effort when the person can no longer appreciate those acts… people constantly worry about their lives, yet they take “life” for granted…”
…I guess we don’t really notice these things because, who in their right mind would think of a friend’s demise? i mean, we would always think and wish that our friends would always be there. Who would think that their friend would be dying anytime soon? We rarely accept their invitations because we believe that their would always be a next time… after all, birthdays happen year after year after year.
…It is not that we do not know what we have until it is gone from us. We always know it, but we just never thought that we would actually lose it.
…they say, we only live once…so make the most out of it…
…we only die once… and it is at this once in a lifetime event that is often a complete gathering…