102 Minutes Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn 2005

This book that I am reading now is about the people who were inside the Twin Towers in the 102 minutes that it fell. I have not gotten to deep into the book itself yet. Right now, it is opening up with the normal routines of ordinary peoples lives. A managing director of a firm is trying to get off the phone with his wife, a secretary begins work as usual.  No one would even think to guess about the catastrophic tragedy that was about to take place. It never occurred to anyone to kiss their wives twice this morning, or tell their kids how much they loved them, because they might not get another chance. It was just another ordinary morning.

Reading this, I was reminded of how fragile life was. I could die today. Just last Sunday a boy at our school was shot. Such tragedies are a fact of life. "In the midst of life comes death," as the quote from the bible says. But we often forget that, "In the midst of death comes life." I know that it is a rather worn point to use, but we must live every day as if it were our last. We have been known to ignore the fragility of life when it no longer applies to us. We leave each other on bad terms and let arguments keep us separated for years. If we should die, do we really want to leave that behind unresolved? Love is the one necessity you have to give away. Never stop giving.