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Seve Ballesteros

Many in the world may not even know who Seve Ballesteros was, but that doesn't make his death today, any less significant.

And his death isn't significant, as some may think, just because he was a great golfer from Spain, beloved in the same vein as Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus. Nor is it because he had lymphoma, because he didn't. He had brain cancer.

His death is significant, to me anyways (and the reason I keep posting, despite my best intentions to take a break from blogging), because he was not very old. He was only 54 years old. That's 9 years younger than me now,  and 1 year older than I was when I was diagnosed with MCL.

IMO, that's way too young to die. How much did he miss out on doing or seeing?

So let this be a lesson to everyone. Misfortune can strike any time, anywhere, and when you least expect it.

Don't let life pass you by. Don't wait till it's too late. Don't wait for the future to do the things you want to do, and are capable of doing now.

Remember, the future [really] is just a concept we use to avoid living today.
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Gerry said…
Love what you do and do what you love, were only here once.
Don't waste that precious time we have!
11:48 PM
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