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PAUL WALKER

So I'm at work, it's an uneventful night and the women in my office are all talking about young hot actors but in a way that seemed different than usual. 


When I ask what's going on they tell me it's about Paul Walker. It didn't hit me until I looked at my Instagram and saw all the posts about his death. 

HIS DEATH?

News of his death was a shock. I mean at first I thought it was one of those stupid Twitter/Facebook hoaxes that pop up every now and then about Bill Nye or Carlton from the "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" dying but this was real.

Paul's death seem to resonate with a lot of people but it has really hit young people hard. It's been two weeks and still social media is buzzing with stories about tributes and probes about the fiery crash.

But it makes sense. A school friend of mine posted that she couldn't stop thinking about him and what had happened. 

Of course not. He wasn't sick, this wasn't the result of a drug habit, he was supposedly out doing what he loved. He was living, in a fast car instead of in a little cubicle or behind a computer screen. 

As we have a national debate over healthcare the term "young invincibles" keeps turning up to describe the young people that don't think they need insurance. Well although Paul was closer to my age, he fit that description to a lot of people. I'm not saying he believed himself to be invincible but he is who we think of. Young, healthy, living life on his terms and that is in part why it hit so many so hard. 

It's a reminder that you can do everything right, live life as you wish and still have it snatched away from you in a heartbeat. It's a reminder that we are mortal and our time on this blue green orb is numbered. But that shouldn't mean curl up in the fetal position and hope that the angel of death skips you.

NO it means live today, do the things you want to do while you can. Travel, love, eat, get out in the world and make such impact that when your time does come the Earth itself will miss your presence. 

We can't all be stars or drive exotic cars but each of us has a thing we love doing and some us do it while others put it off for the right time, well my friends that right time was yesterday and you got a lot of catching up to do. 

To Mr. Walker you will be missed by many. To everyone else, what are you waiting for? Get out there!



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