4 Whom The Bell Tolls

Why? What is the meaning of life? Of surviving other's early death?

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I wonder why we end up working where we do, adding to our view of who we are. Why is it so easy to work with some folks, n others bug the bejeebas out of you no matter what?

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One of my co-workers called in Dead to work today. I found out about a half-hour after going in the door. Why that one?

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Just yesterday at work I was helping his wife to set stuff up before the end of their shift. He'd been running an important head-of-the-line role for about a year now. It's a physically demanding position. I remember when he first started, I'd worked with him often.

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He was a heavy-set n very strong guy. I'd never occassion to be bothered by anything he'd done. (You better believe there've been plenty of folks there who've driven me nuts)! He was easy-going, kind, n helpful.

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He was in his early-thirties, the father of three, n mysteriously passed away in his sleep. His poor wife! What a shocking way to awaken! ("Honey, Honey? NOoo-!") How do you recover from such a thing?

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In the late nineties, a man of only thirty-six I'd known since my childhood passed on in a similar fashion, without any apparent cause. Perhaps it was a brain hemmorrage, or a burst anyorism, or heart failure, n perhaps we'll never know.

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I think it's probably easier for the mind to come to grips with the fact of an accidental death. At least you can point to a direct cause of the deed, even if you can't figure out why it had to happen to them...

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This young person with no apparent reason stuff is hard to digest. So many of my other co-workers are just about that age. Aside from feeling the loss of a work buddy, you know they're all thinking, "That could happen to me!" It's just plain scary to contemplate...
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Because, as my reaction on hearing the tragic news was to state, "It just goes to show, you never know."

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Life is short for the good.

There doesn't appear to be rhyme or reason to the harvest of souls. The hardship endured by survivors is immeasurable. N the lessons learned are forever. Take no one for granted.

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Don't ask if you're next, (assume you are).

Of course, I'm so miserable lately, I'll prob live forever- I already have compared to that guy!

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God rest his soul, n care for his family.