The Rest Is Up To You...

I watched this amazing footage today of a diver checking through an overturned boat at sea.
As he swam through the decks with some torch light leading the way, all of a sudden you see a hand reach out to his!
I wonder if it gave him a fright?
Maybe he 'went' in his wetsuit? I guess it wouldn't of mattered?

The story goes that the boat capsized some day before, and out of all the 8 crew, one guy manages to find an air pocket. He then sits alone in the darkness, hearing apparently the noises of the boat slowly sinking. I can't imagine how horrible that would have been! Alone. In the dark. Waiting to die. Waiting longer to die.

Over the weekend someone very famous to this generation jumped into a car for some joy ride thing. The terrible irony of what happens is astounding. This guy is famous for being in ridiculously fast cars driven in even a more ridiculous fashion and living through scrapes and even crashes. The reality he faced was a tree and a car are not a good mix at speed. And at the age of 40 his life is now gone.

I know personally of someone who stared mortality in the face after a parachute malfunction.

Here is what all this reminds me of...

Life is so much shorted than we think.
Life stops on a day and a time we know not of.
Life is a gift to make the most of only while it is within your grasp.
Life is here and now for you and me.
Life on this earth was never promised to last forever.
Life is indeed a gift. And gifts by nature and design are given, received...and well...the rest is up to you...

Something to think about...